HLTC02H3 Chapter : BRYANT WEEK 11 READING.docx

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Role of knowledge in public health and health promotion policy change. This article presents a framework in which various forms of knowledge can be drawn upon for policy formation. Interactive and critical knowledge should be considered in addition to scientific knowledge. Also requires accepting the validity of different forms of knowledge. And also need to develop frameworks where experts and citizens can work together to achieve public health goals. Public health and health promotion have tended to rely on traditional forms of scientific knowledge to guide the development of both healthy public policy and local public health programs. Overemphasis on lifestyle choices detracts from the political and socioeconomic issues that influence health and wellbeing. Lay knowledge and political knowledge can help guide the policy development process. There are 2 types of policy change: normal continuation of existing policy only with slight changes, paradigmatic fundamentally new direction.

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Many laws have been passed in an effort to improve health and welfare of people. Some of these laws were passed in the 1800s requiring sanitary sewers, which ended cholera outbreaks and other epidemics that had killed millions. How did the scientific knowledge of cholera and sewers when these were passed compare to the scientific knowledge of causes of climate change now?

Then, knowledge of causes of cholera was not as good as modern knowledge of causes of climate change.

Then, knowledge of causes of cholera was much better than modern knowledge of causes of climate change

Then, knowledge of causes of cholera was about as good as modern knowledge of causes of climate change

Then, there was no knowledge of causes of cholera, just as now there is no knowledge of causes of climate change

Then, knowledge of causes of cholera was perfect, just as now knowledge of causes of climate change is perfect

A decrease in political knowledge will likely cause __________.

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6. Knowledge spillovers can constitute a barrier to the international transfer of knowledge because A. the owners of proprietary knowledge cannot limit the transfer of that knowledge to the legitimate buyer B. some of the knowledge is lost as a consequence of the spillover C. rich countries wish to keep knowledge to themselves D. access to education and the associated absorption of knowledge is limited in developing countries

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