Kaiser Sanja, Mackenbach Johan P
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Public Health. 2008 Feb;122(2):211-6. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.06.017. Epub 2007 Sep 10.
The aim of this paper was to assess the use of different terms pertaining to public health in selected Member States of the European Union.
Qualitative research methods were used to compare the terminology among eight Member States. Seven to nine core terms were defined for each country, and a search was performed for these terms in the names of institutions and professional titles, organized into three comparable categories.
The data analysis showed considerable diversity in terminology. The three most commonly used terms for each country, and the frequency distribution of the core terms for all eight countries were determined.
Public health terminology and underlying concepts vary among Member States of the European Union. A large number of loosely related terms are in use, indicating the lack of a common conceptual framework for the discipline of public health. The most commonly used terms pertaining to public health are 'health sciences' and 'health promotion'. 'Public health' is not among the most commonly used terms.
本文旨在评估欧盟部分成员国中与公共卫生相关的不同术语的使用情况。
采用定性研究方法比较八个成员国之间的术语。为每个国家定义了七至九个核心术语，并在机构名称和专业头衔中搜索这些术语，将其分为三个可比较的类别。
数据分析显示术语存在相当大的差异。确定了每个国家最常用的三个术语以及所有八个国家核心术语的频率分布。
欧盟成员国之间公共卫生术语和基本概念各不相同。大量术语之间联系松散，表明公共卫生学科缺乏共同的概念框架。与公共卫生相关的最常用术语是“健康科学”和“健康促进”。“公共卫生”并非最常用术语。
