HSCI 319W Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hpv Vaccines, Public Health, Mathematical Model
17 Mar 2018
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Interpretation of utility -> "do the greatest good" "do the greatest good for the greatest number. "it provides a way to determine right and wrong, or justified and unjustified, policies, pra determining whether they "do the greatest good. "" (p. 22 ephe) "stress importance of attending to the values operative in different assessments of states of aff consequences. " (p. 22 ephe) Principle of utility= "principle of producing the maximal balance of good over bad effects or ma (p. 22 (ephe) "utility-based judgements about policies, practices and actions in public health from the s principle of utility may proceed informally or formally. " (p. 23 ephe) Formal judgements: formal analytic techniques in balancing them. Effort to maximize societal welfare -> "expressed as the principle of utility" (p. 23 ephe) "in public health policy and practice, formal, analytic, economic methods are employed a decision making" (p. 23 ephe) (esp. in trade-offs -> cost + benefit) "tools aid decisions by providing more systematic, quantitative, comparative input interventions" (p. 23 ephe)
