Revisiting public health preparedness: Incorporating social justice principles into pandemic preparedness planning for influenza.

Full Abstract

Public health professionals are responsible for ensuring the health of the nation, which requires that planners for public health emergencies recognize that not including protection for underserved or marginalized communities poses a risk to the entire population. To assure the protection of these populations in the event of a pandemic outbreak, preparedness planning will benefit from the application of several principles of social justice in assuring the protection of all individuals. This article will review the history between public health and social justice, provide a brief review of pandemic preparedness planning efforts, discuss the importance of and make recommendations for the incorporation of principles of social justice in the development of pandemic preparedness plans, and highlight some of the challenges faced by public health in effectively and equitably meeting its charge to protect the nation's health.

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Author information

Author/s: Kayman, Harvey (H); Ablorh-Odjidja, Angela (A);

Affiliation: Maternal and Child Health Bureau, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, South Carolina, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP (J Public Health Manag Pract), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Jul-Aug; vol 12 (issue 4) : pp 373-80

Dates: Created 2006/06/15; Completed 2006/07/27;

PMID: 16775535, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Influenza Vaccines
Influenza, Human - epidemiology; prevention & control
Public Health
Social Justice - ethics

Associated Chemicals: Influenza Vaccines (0)

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