PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chris Bem
AU  - Neil Small
TI  - An ecological framework for improving child and adolescent health
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317518
DP  - 2020 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 299--301
VI  - 105
IP  - 3
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/3/299.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/3/299.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2020 Mar 01; 105
AB  - The rise in non-communicable disease as a principal cause of premature mortality and a continuing failure to address health inequalities requires a critical examination of prevailing paradigms in health. In this paper, we offer ecology as an alternative way to view health need and as a guide to action to enhance human health and model a healthy economy. After describing the shortcomings of the prevailing biophysical approach to health, we describe an ecological approach to health that brings to the forefront social and environmental determinants and empowers health workers together with their communities to achieve a health-affirming society and economy.Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study.