HLTB21H3 Lecture 2: Annotated bibliography examples

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James colgrove wrote this article about thomas mckeown. Mckeown was a physician and demographic historian who wrote many articles and books. Mckeown attributed the modern rise in the world population from the. 1700s to the present to broad economic and social changes rather than to targeted public health or medical interventions. In 1980, his work was discredited by the cambridge group for the. History of population and social structure and simon szretar. Although his research was biased and the methodology was not appropriate, many believe that his underlying ideas regarding the effect of poverty and economic wellbeing on health were essentially correct (colgrove, 2002:5). The main debate is if public health should use narrow interventions focused on individuals and communities, or broad interventions that attempt to redistribute resources. The mckeown thesis: a historical controversy and its. This article is an analysis of mckeown"s work, and the influence it had on public health.

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