Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Nov;100(11):2163-4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.179259. Epub 2010 Feb 18.
Personal freedoms have been characterized as "positive" (freedom to pursue opportunities) and "negative" (freedom from external constraints on decision making). An ecological analysis of US data revealed a strong positive association (r = 0.41; P = .003) between state-level negative personal freedom (defined in terms of regulation of personal behavior) and state-level age-adjusted rates of unintentional injury. A conceptual emphasis on positive freedom construed as freedom to pursue a life without risk of unintentional injury could help motivate a conversation to improve public health.
个人自由被描述为“积极”（追求机会的自由）和“消极”（不受外部决策限制的自由）。对美国数据的生态分析显示，州级消极个人自由（以个人行为监管来定义）与州级年龄调整后非故意伤害率之间存在很强的正相关关系（r = 0.41；P =.003）。将积极自由概念化强调为追求没有非故意伤害风险的生活的自由，可以帮助激发一场改善公共卫生的对话。
