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Petersen and Lupton focus critically on the new public health, assessing its implications for the concepts of self, embodiment and citizenship. They argue that the new public health is used as a source of moral regulation and for distinguishing between self and other. They also explore the implications of modernist belief in the power of science and the ability of experts to solve problems through rational administrative means that underpin the strategies and rhetoric of the new public health.
The Duty to Participate
The Duty to Participate
Health for all will be achieved by people themselves. A well informed, well motivated and actively participating community is a key element for the attainment of the common goal. (Principle, WHO, Health for All)
Community participation is one of the key planks of the new public health, figuring prominently in both the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and the WHO's Health for All strategy. The focus on ‘communities’ and on ‘participation’ is neither new nor restricted to the new public health. In fact, within Western thought these concepts have long informed discussions regarding the development of democratic processes. Recently, however, there has been something of a revival of interest in ‘community participation’, and this is nowhere more apparent than ...
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