Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk

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Autor(a) principal: Ross,Michael W.
Data de Publicação: 2000
Outros Autores: Ferreira-Pinto,João
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2000000100007
Resumo: This paper reviews the role of situational variables in health risk behaviors and the literature on the impact of context and situation in public health. Three postulates for a situational model are presented: that the situation can account for additional variance in explanation of health risk behaviors; that the power of the situation is reciprocal to the degree of individual autonomy; and that the situation is definable and measurable. A situational presentation methodology is presented for measuring situations in public health with preliminary data on its efficacy in the context of sexual behavior and injecting drug use as HIV transmission risks. Interventions which maximize the use of situationally-based information are discussed. It is concluded that situational presentations may offer additional explanatory power in public health and a means for intervening at a situational level.
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spelling Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of riskRisk AssessmentRisk BehaviorSexually Transmitted DiseasesPublic HealthThis paper reviews the role of situational variables in health risk behaviors and the literature on the impact of context and situation in public health. Three postulates for a situational model are presented: that the situation can account for additional variance in explanation of health risk behaviors; that the power of the situation is reciprocal to the degree of individual autonomy; and that the situation is definable and measurable. A situational presentation methodology is presented for measuring situations in public health with preliminary data on its efficacy in the context of sexual behavior and injecting drug use as HIV transmission risks. Interventions which maximize the use of situationally-based information are discussed. It is concluded that situational presentations may offer additional explanatory power in public health and a means for intervening at a situational level.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2000-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2000000100007Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.16 n.1 2000reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2000000100007info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRoss,Michael W.Ferreira-Pinto,Joãoeng2001-08-15T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2000000100007Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2001-08-15T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
title Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
spellingShingle Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
Ross,Michael W.
Risk Assessment
Risk Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Public Health
title_short Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
title_full Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
title_fullStr Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
title_full_unstemmed Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
title_sort Toward a public health of situations: the re-contextualization of risk
author Ross,Michael W.
author_facet Ross,Michael W.
Ferreira-Pinto,João
author_role author
author2 Ferreira-Pinto,João
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ross,Michael W.
Ferreira-Pinto,João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Risk Assessment
Risk Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Public Health
topic Risk Assessment
Risk Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Public Health
description This paper reviews the role of situational variables in health risk behaviors and the literature on the impact of context and situation in public health. Three postulates for a situational model are presented: that the situation can account for additional variance in explanation of health risk behaviors; that the power of the situation is reciprocal to the degree of individual autonomy; and that the situation is definable and measurable. A situational presentation methodology is presented for measuring situations in public health with preliminary data on its efficacy in the context of sexual behavior and injecting drug use as HIV transmission risks. Interventions which maximize the use of situationally-based information are discussed. It is concluded that situational presentations may offer additional explanatory power in public health and a means for intervening at a situational level.
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