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oapen-20.500.12657-638892023-07-13T02:46:22Z Chapter Introduction Mold, Alex Clark, Peder Elizabeth, Hannah Public health; public bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine::MBNH Personal & public health In this Introduction, we begin by examining the nature of ‘the public’ and ‘public health’ and how these changed over time. We then set out the key cross-cutting themes that this book will address before going on to summarise the contents of the chapters. We also reflect on what we think this book adds to our understanding of publics and their health. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the relationship between public health authorities and their publics into sharp relief. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, public health authorities in many countries exercised powers to severely curtail individual liberties. The public was also called upon to behave ‘responsibly’, whether that meant washing their hands, staying at home or wearing a face mask. Public health experts became public figures, as members of the public hungrily sought out data, advice and reassurance. The publicness of public health came under a renewed degree of scrutiny and debate. 2023-07-12T14:27:15Z 2023-07-12T14:27:15Z 2023 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63889 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Bookshelf_NBK592791.pdf Manchester University Press Publics and their health 6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd 454dd733-d667-4478-add6-28fb087a6793 d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd Wellcome 16 Manchester Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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In this Introduction, we begin by examining the nature of ‘the
public’ and ‘public health’ and how these changed over time. We
then set out the key cross-cutting themes that this book will address
before going on to summarise the contents of the chapters. We also
reflect on what we think this book adds to our understanding of
publics and their health. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the
relationship between public health authorities and their publics
into sharp relief. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, public
health authorities in many countries exercised powers to severely
curtail individual liberties. The public was also called upon to
behave ‘responsibly’, whether that meant washing their hands, staying
at home or wearing a face mask. Public health experts became
public figures, as members of the public hungrily sought out data,
advice and reassurance. The publicness of public health came under
a renewed degree of scrutiny and debate.
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