Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed that the economic crisis is inseparable from the health and inequalities crisis. This commentary identifies the key overarching economic decisions that governments will make that are likely have a larger impact on the health of nations than the direct impact of COVI...

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Main Authors: Debs Shipton, Gerry McCartney, Robert McMaster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Public Health in Practice
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000239
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spelling doaj-2e1631f1543242c3aac57f669de6d2472021-03-09T04:14:30ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522021-11-012100098Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recoveryDebs Shipton0Gerry McCartney1Robert McMaster2Public Health Scotland, UK; Corresponding author. 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, UK.Public Health Scotland, UKAdam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UKThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed that the economic crisis is inseparable from the health and inequalities crisis. This commentary identifies the key overarching economic decisions that governments will make that are likely have a larger impact on the health of nations than the direct impact of COVID-19 itself. We present these economic decisions to a health audience. The public health profession will need to develop opinions on these key economic decisions if we are to shape the environment that has such a large impact on the work we do.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000239COVID-19Economic determinants of healthEconomic policyEconomic recoveryHuman flourishing
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author Debs Shipton
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Robert McMaster
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Robert McMaster
Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
Public Health in Practice
COVID-19
Economic determinants of health
Economic policy
Economic recovery
Human flourishing
author_facet Debs Shipton
Gerry McCartney
Robert McMaster
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title Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
title_short Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
title_full Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
title_fullStr Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
title_full_unstemmed Population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
title_sort population health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
publisher Elsevier
series Public Health in Practice
issn 2666-5352
publishDate 2021-11-01
description The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed that the economic crisis is inseparable from the health and inequalities crisis. This commentary identifies the key overarching economic decisions that governments will make that are likely have a larger impact on the health of nations than the direct impact of COVID-19 itself. We present these economic decisions to a health audience. The public health profession will need to develop opinions on these key economic decisions if we are to shape the environment that has such a large impact on the work we do.
topic COVID-19
Economic determinants of health
Economic policy
Economic recovery
Human flourishing
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000239
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