The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion
A dangerous distortion of priorities seems to be currently apparent in the dominant approaches to major public health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer and some infectious diseases. Relevant examples suggest an apparently inappropriate tendency to prioritise...
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| author | Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Irala, J. (Jokin) de Hanley, M. (Matt) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) |
| author_facet | Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Irala, J. (Jokin) de Hanley, M. (Matt) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) |
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| description | A dangerous distortion of priorities seems to be currently
apparent in the dominant approaches to major public
health problems, including cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, obesity, cancer and some infectious diseases.
Relevant examples suggest an apparently inappropriate
tendency to prioritise technocratic, partial solutions
rather than confronting their true behavioural and
structural determinants. Technically oriented preventive
medicine often takes excessive precedence over simpler,
more sensible approaches to modify lifestyles, the
environment and the social structure. Structural factors
(social, cultural, financial, familiar, educational, political
or ideological factors) that act as determinants of
individual behaviours should be effectively addressed to
confront the essential causes of the most prevalent and
important health problems. Some consumer-directed
commercial forces seem to be increasingly driving many
aspects of the current sociocultural environment, and
may eventually compromise the main pursuits of public
health. Population-wide strategies are needed to create a
healthy sociocultural environment and to empower
individuals and make themselves resistant to these
adverse environmental and structural pressures.
Otherwise most public health interventions will most
likely end in failures. |
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| spelling | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-370512024-02-09T07:22:48Z The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Irala, J. (Jokin) de Hanley, M. (Matt) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Health policy Health promotion Lifestyle Prevention A dangerous distortion of priorities seems to be currently apparent in the dominant approaches to major public health problems, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer and some infectious diseases. Relevant examples suggest an apparently inappropriate tendency to prioritise technocratic, partial solutions rather than confronting their true behavioural and structural determinants. Technically oriented preventive medicine often takes excessive precedence over simpler, more sensible approaches to modify lifestyles, the environment and the social structure. Structural factors (social, cultural, financial, familiar, educational, political or ideological factors) that act as determinants of individual behaviours should be effectively addressed to confront the essential causes of the most prevalent and important health problems. Some consumer-directed commercial forces seem to be increasingly driving many aspects of the current sociocultural environment, and may eventually compromise the main pursuits of public health. Population-wide strategies are needed to create a healthy sociocultural environment and to empower individuals and make themselves resistant to these adverse environmental and structural pressures. Otherwise most public health interventions will most likely end in failures. 2014-11-15T19:13:37Z 2014-11-15T19:13:37Z 2014 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/37051 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf BMJ Publishing Group |
| spellingShingle | Health policy Health promotion Lifestyle Prevention Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Irala, J. (Jokin) de Hanley, M. (Matt) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion |
| title | The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion |
| title_full | The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion |
| title_fullStr | The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion |
| title_short | The use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion |
| title_sort | use of expensive technologies instead of simple, sound and effective lifestyle interventions: a perpetual delusion |
| topic | Health policy Health promotion Lifestyle Prevention |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/37051 |
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