Abstract
The new public health advocates a number of strategies to bring about structural change to improve health. Its rhetoric calls on professionals and bureaucrats to change their style of working. The assumption underlining the philosophy is that change can be achieved through consensus. This paper questions this assumption by reviewing contemporary and historic trends in the practice of health professionals and bureaucrats. It concludes that new public health practitioners need to be more reflective in their approach to change and that the process is likely to include conflict if it is to avoid cooption by existing power bases.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 145-150 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Health Promotion International |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 1990 |
Keywords
- Community development
- Health promotion
- New public health
