
The Strategy of Preventive Medicine, by Geoffrey Rose, first published in 1993 remains a key text for anyone involved in preventive medicine. Rose's insights into the inextricable relationship between ill health, or deviance, in individuals and populations they come from, have transformed our whole approach to strategies for improving health. His personal and unique book, based on many years research, sets out the case that the essential determinants of the health of society are to be found in its mass characteristics. The deviant minority can only be understood when seen in its societal context, and effective prevention requires changes which involve the population as a whole. He explores the options for prevention, considering them from various viewpoints - theoretical and scientific, sociological and poitical, practical and ethical. The applications of his ideas are illustrated by a variety of examples ranging from heart disease to alcoholism to road accidents. His pioneering work focused on a population wide approach to the prevention of common medical and behavioural disorders has become the classic text on the subject. This reissue brings the original text to a new generation involved in preventive medicine. Kay-Tee Khaw and Michael Marmot retain the original text intact, but have added their own perspective on the work. They examine what relevance Rose's ideas might have in the era of the human genome project and other major scientific advances, they consider examples of how the theory might be applied and generalised in medicine and beyond, and discuss what implications it holds for the future. There is also an explanation of the population perspective, clarifying the often confused thinking and arguments about determinants of individual cases and determinants of population incidence. Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine will ensure that this seminal work continues to be read by future generations.
How can public health strategies effectively address the root causes of disease by shifting focus from high-risk individuals to the entire population? Geoffrey Rose, a distinguished epidemiologist, argues that the health of individuals is inextricably linked to the characteristics of the population to which they belong. He posits that focusing solely on the 'deviant' minority is insufficient, and that true prevention requires systemic changes that influence the mass characteristics of society as a whole.
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Experts and public health professionals widely regard this work as a foundational text that defines the population-based approach to medicine. Readers frequently note the clarity of Rose's arguments, which continue to influence modern epidemiological research and public policy debates.
Page Count:
190
Publication Date:
2008-01-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
ISBN-10:
0191015598
ISBN-13:
9780191015595
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