The Public Conversation and the Public’s Health: A Public Health of Consequence December 2018

摘要

The health of populations is ultimately shaped by the social, economic, and political forces that create the world around us—that influence the food we eat, whether we are exposed to violence, and the availability of harmful substances.1,2 There is little doubt that these same forces are shaped by our norms and conversations about how we wish to live—that shape the choices we make that ultimately influence our health. This is true both at the level of political action and the public conversation.