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Risk, Risk Groups and Population Health

Risk, Risk Groups and Population Health PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 2012 213–215 213 Marcel Verweij , Utrecht University, The Netherlands Angus Dawson, University of Birmingham, UK Corresponding author. Marcel Verweij, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 13a, 3512BL Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 30 2539208; Email: m.f.verweij@uu.nl. A central issue in public health is whether preventive because the former are a much larger group. Rose also activities are best aimed at groups held to be at high claimed that a change in what is considered normal risk or at the population as a whole. Such a decision is (in terms of salt or alcohol intake, or any other risk often an issue in discussions about policies relating to factor) would not just affect the exposure of Mr and vaccinations, health promotion, infectious disease con- Mrs Average to a risk factor but also lead to a reduction trol as well as protection from risks relating to toxic of risk for the highest risk groups as well. Rose’s claims agents or radiation, etc. There are a number of interest- are a fascinating place to start a debate about policy ing conceptual issues that can be explored such as what where epidemiological and ethical concerns interact http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Health Ethics Oxford University Press

Risk, Risk Groups and Population Health

Verweij, Marcel; Dawson, Angus
Public Health Ethics , Volume 5 (3) – Nov 5, 2012
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PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 2012 213–215 213 Marcel Verweij , Utrecht University, The Netherlands Angus Dawson, University of Birmingham, UK Corresponding author. Marcel Verweij, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 13a, 3512BL Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 30 2539208; Email: m.f.verweij@uu.nl. A central issue in public health is whether preventive because the former are a much larger group. Rose also activities are best aimed at groups held to be at high claimed that a change in what is considered normal risk or at the population as a whole. Such a decision is (in terms of salt or alcohol intake, or any other risk often an issue in discussions about policies relating to factor) would not just affect the exposure of Mr and vaccinations, health promotion, infectious disease con- Mrs Average to a risk factor but also lead to a reduction trol as well as protection from risks relating to toxic of risk for the highest risk groups as well. Rose’s claims agents or radiation, etc. There are a number of interest- are a fascinating place to start a debate about policy ing conceptual issues that can be explored such as what where epidemiological and ethical concerns interact

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