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Social Science and Public Health
Jeannine Coreil, PhD
College of Public Health
University of South Florida
Key Points
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Deep roots in public health
Growing relevance and contributions
Theory and methods development
Anthropological perspectives
Critical lens needed
Positivism, “riskfactorology”
Shift focus to social structure and
organizational culture
Important Milestones
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Mid-19th century:Public health
defined as “social science”
Late-19th century: Sanitary
Movement
1948: WHO defines health to
include mental and social well-being
1950s: Anthropology applied to
“medical modernization”
Important Milestones II
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1958: Publication of the “Health
Belief Model”
1962: U.S. Surgeon General’s
Report on smoking and health
1978: Alma Ata Conference on
Primary Health Care
1986: Ottawa Charter for Health
Promotion
Important Milestones III
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1980s: Child Survival Initiative
1980s: HIV/AIDS pandemic
1980s: Public health training
incorporates social science
1990s: Structural readjustment
2005: Bangkok Charter for Health
Promotion
Ongoing: Paradigm shifts
Seminal Developments
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Epidemiologic transitions
Maturation of field:
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Social Science & Medicine, 1966
TDR, 1975
Development agencies
New paradigm – multilevel framework
Theoretical Perspectives
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Social Ecology
Health Promotion
Interpretive Studies
Critical Perspectives
Key Concepts
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Knowledge and attitudes
Health behaviour
Culture
Social environment
Methodologic Development
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Survey methods
Epidemiologic techniques
Statistical tools
Qualitative research
Participatory methods
Narrative studies
Mixed methods
Intervention Strategies
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Community-based approaches
Policy and advocacy
Social marketing
Planning models
Primary, secondary & tertiary
prevention
Future Directions
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Social science of public health
Critical perspectives
Policy and advocacy
Organizational culture
Social structure
Social justice, health disparities
Insider and outsider perspectives
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Email Jeannine Coreil at
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[email protected]