Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2019 Dec 1;8(12):678-683. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.78.
New wave public health places an emphasis on exhorting individuals to engage in healthy behaviour with good health being a signifier of virtuous moral standing, whereas poor health is often associated with personal moral failings. In effect, the medical is increasingly being collapsed into the moral. This approach is consistent with other aspects of contemporary neoliberal governance, but it fuels moral panics and creates folk devils. We explore the implications and dysfunctional consequences of this new wave of public health policy in the context of the latest moral panic around obesity.
新一波公共卫生强调劝告个人采取健康行为,良好的健康状况是道德高尚的标志,而健康状况不佳往往与个人道德缺陷有关。实际上,医学越来越多地与道德融为一体。这种方法与当代新自由主义治理的其他方面是一致的,但它加剧了道德恐慌并制造了替罪羊。我们在围绕肥胖的最新一轮道德恐慌的背景下探讨了这一新一波公共卫生政策的影响和功能失调的后果。