RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An ecological framework for improving child and adolescent health
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 299
OP 301
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317518
VO 105
IS 3
A1 Chris Bem
A1 Neil Small
YR 2020
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/3/299.abstract
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.