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(Review) Public Health Matters 2000
(Review) Public Health Matters 2000
To Boldly Go . . .
A B S T R A C T John B. McKinlay, PhD, and Lisa D. Marceau, MPH
The threshold of the new millen- “Cheshire Puss,” Alice began rather timidly, In this article we tackle 7 interrelated
nium offers an opportunity to celebrate “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to
go from here?” “That depends a good deal on issues: (1) some limitations of conventional
remarkable past achievements and to where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t public health; (2) philosophical obstacles to
reflect on promising new directions for much care where,” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t change; (3) institutional resistance to change;
the field of public health. Despite his- matter which way you go,” said the Cat. “—so long (4) the promise of multilevel explanations;
toric achievements, much will always as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you
(5) the changing role of the state, with its
remain to be done (this is the intrinsic only walk long enough.” implications for public health; (6) appropriate
nature of public health). While every Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland research methods for the new millennium;
epoch has its own distinct health chal- and (7) the myth of a value-free public health.
lenges, those confronting us today are No one should question the remarkable
unlike those plaguing public health a contribution of public health to understanding
century ago. The perspectives and the causes and consequences of illness, dis- Some Limitations of
methods developed during the infec- ability, and death in our society. From early Conventional Public Health
tious and chronic disease eras have lim- public health activities in the 17th and 18th
ited utility in the face of newly emerg- century to initiatives at the beginning of the As an illustration, consider one disci-
ing challenges to public health. 21st century, the range of problems tackled, pline within public health, epidemiology,
In this paper, we take stock of the the ever more exquisite methods developed, which has much to offer health policy (other
state of public health in the United and the programs and policies attributed to equally good illustrations might be econom-
States by (1) describing limitations of specific findings justify use of the term ics, biostatistics, sociology, or toxicology). In
conventional US public health, (2) “remarkable.” While much has been accom- marked contrast to its origins, the established
plished—many (but not all) infectious dis- epidemiology that is shaping public health
identifying different social philoso-
eases have been controlled, infant mortality is today appears hamstrung by its adherence to
phies and conceptions of health that
dramatically reduced, and most people are liv- an individualist/medical natural science para-
produce divergent approaches to public
ing longer than ever before—much will digm.1,2 Conventional epidemiology is lim-
health, (3) discussing institutional
always remain to be done. That is the intrinsic ited by the following:
resistance to change and the subordina- nature of our public health enterprise.
tion of public health to the authority of 1. Biophysiologic reductionism. Most
Every epoch has its own unique health phenomena, whether primarily physical or
medicine, (4) urging a move from risk challenges. The effective solutions of one
factorology to multilevel explanations behavioral, are explained by tracing their
epoch are not necessarily transferable to “causes” back to some bacteriological,
that offer different types of interven- another. Challenges confronting US public
tion, (5) noting the rise of the new genetic, or molecular origin. Even sociologic
health at the beginning of the new millen- phenomena such as widening health inequal-
“right state” with its laissez-faire atti- nium—such as global environmental threats, ities and racial and gender differences in dis-
tude and antipathy toward public inter- ecosystem disruption, overpopulation, and eases (e.g., heart disease and diabetes) are
ventions, (6) arguing for a more ecu- increasing social inequalities in health and reduced to biophysiologic explanations.3
menical approach to research methods, access to effective medical care—are unlike While some see an exciting prospect in
and (7) challenging the myth of a anything encountered 100 or even 50 years genetic epidemiology and the search for mo-
value-free public health. (Am J Public ago. We are among an increasing number lecular biomarkers, others see a return to the
Health. 2000;90:25–33) who, while acknowledging remarkable prog- germ-theory approach in public health.4,5
ress, question the dominant perspective and
direction of US public health. The field
appears ill equipped to tackle the emerging
The authors are with New England Research Insti-
challenges of the 21st century, in that public
tutes, Watertown, Mass.
health practice remains resistant to alterna- Requests for reprints should be sent to John
tive approaches and preoccupied with meth- B. McKinlay, PhD, New England Research Insti-
ods to the exclusion of philosophical orienta- tutes, 9 Galen St, Watertown, MA 02472 (e-mail:
tion and theory development. johnm@neri.org).
Plausible structural explanations based on base that is required for action. McMichael individualism (or “individualistically oriented
social deprivation as well as biases in treat- puts risk factorology in perspective: “Modern social philosophy”), the emphasis is on peo-
ment are displaced by the search for physio- epidemiology is thus oriented to explaining ple. Following, for example, Pareto21 and
logic risk factors and individual-level bio- and quantifying the bobbing of corks on the Weber,22 “the total (the Gestalt) is considered
medical interventions.3 surface waters, while largely disregarding the to be the outcome of the actions and motives
2. Absorption by biomedicine. Epidemi- stronger undercurrents that determine where, of distinct individuals.”20(p2) Individualism is
ology in the United States has moved away on average the cluster of corks ends up along a dominant orientation in the United States
from its origins in public health and its status the shoreline of risk.”14(p634) and profoundly restricts the content of public
as an independent discipline and is becoming 6. The continual confusion of observa- health programs.
an adjunct to clinical medicine. Some reduce tional associations with causality. Even when In collectivism (or “collectivistically ori-
it to a body of expertise that is useful only for randomized controlled trials, which are infer- ented social philosophy”), the focus is on cate-
improving clinical decision making among entially superior, are feasible, there is a pref- gories (age, sex, social class, race/ethnicity) or
practicing physicians (to check that they are erence for weaker observational studies. places and social positions in society. Follow-
being good Bayesians). We can understand When simple associations are elevated to ing the views of, for example, Marx23 and
why some consider the term “clinical epi- causal status, as occurs in most risk factor Durkheim,24 “the Gestalt . . . is primarily the
demiology” an oxymoron. epidemiology, important qualifications for social constellations of which individuals are
3. Lack of theory development. Estab- membership in the causal club are disre- part.” 20(p2) This is a more dominant theme in
lished epidemiology can actually explain garded. Hill listed 5 criteria, all of which Europe and makes possible a different range
very little, because in epidemiology, unlike must be fulfilled before observed associa- of public health activities. Macintyre and her
most disciplines, there is little interest in tions can even begin to qualify for considera- colleagues have asked, “[S]hould we be focus-
developing theories that can be tested.6,7 tion as cause-and-effect variables and hence ing on people or places?”25 We extend their
Lamenting the absence of theory develop- as candidates for interventions.15 The criteria approach by emphasizing social position.11
ment, Smith likened the product of today’s are magnitude, consistency, specificity, dose– With regard to different conceptions of
epidemiology to “a vast stock-pile of almost response, and biological plausibility. Accord- health, 2 general types can be identified. The
surgically clean data untouched by human ing to these criteria, what proportion of medical science (mechanistic) view, which is
thought.”8 Krieger, among others, has called observational reports qualify for membership the dominant orientation of US public health,
for theory development in public health so in the causal club? focuses on disease states and on factors that
as to understand and improve by planned 7. Dogmatism by design. There is a predispose people to, are associated with, or
actions the health of the public.9,10 belief among the epidemiologic faithful that increase the chances of entering into a dis-
4. Limitations of dichotomous thinking. certain designs are purer than others—for ease state. This pathogenic view treats people
Even though it is now widely accepted that example, that cohort studies are inherently as biopsychosocial and neurophysiologic sys-
the response curve is continuous and smooth superior to case–control studies. Of course, tems, in which disease produces disequilib-
for most risk factors and conditions, dichoto- each of these observational designs has its rium and dysfunction. Apart from its mech-
mous thinking nonetheless prevails and still strengths and weaknesses, but both are obser- anistic approach, this view presumes health to
determines our actions.11 Using hypertension vational sinners. One may be superior to the be a “non-disease”—an exclusionary state—
as one example, Rose12,13 described the dif- other under specific circumstances, but nei- or a disease that is “intrinsically residual in
ferent activities that logically follow from ther has an intrinsic advantage.16,17 An insis- nature.” 20(p2) Accordingly, “because health is
dichotomous thinking and from continuous tence that one method is inherently and seen as non-disease it can only be viewed as a
thinking. He observed, “Paradoxically, it is always superior to other methods betrays a condition brought into being through causal
epidemiologic research which has now shallow understanding of research methodol- mechanisms.”20(p2)
repeatedly demonstrated that in fact disease ogy, as opposed to research techniques.18 The holistic view of health, associated
is nearly always a quantitative rather than a with the goddess Hygeia in classical Greek
categorical or qualitative phenomenon, and thought, appears to be undergoing a renais-
hence it has no natural definitions.”13(pxx) Philosophical Obstacles to sance in the public health and upstream
Whole-population approaches to public Change health promotion strategies of today.26 This
health that follow from acceptance of the salutogenic view considers health “an expres-
continuous nature of risk are precluded Lurking behind every public health sion of the degree to which an individual is
“because it is a departure from the ordinary debate over approaches and methods are capable of achieving an existential equilib-
process of binary thought to which they are philosophical disagreements.19 Nijhuis and rium. This equilibrium is not static but con-
brought up.”13(p8) van der Maesen suggest that “most theoreti- stantly in motion.”20(p2) Ecologism is a mod-
5. Risk factorology. Established epi- cal debates about the pros and cons of public ern expression of this classical approach.27
demiology is analogous to a maze (in this health approaches are confined to the method- Combining these dimensions into a 22
case, a maze of risk factors) with no opening ological scientific level. Philosophical foun- array (Figure 1) enables us to locate the ori-
or exit in sight. Researchers enter this maze dations such as underlying ontological gins of different public health approaches in
with great enthusiasm. They are quickly notions are rarely part of public health dis- different social philosophies and conceptions
diverted to the left or to the right; every new cussions, but these are always implicit and lie of health. Discussion can advance from a con-
turn produces promising openings, but the behind the arguments and reasoning of differ- sideration of the advantages and disadvan-
researchers find themselves involved in dis- ent viewpoints or traditions.”20(p1) tages of different approaches, or from futile
putes over which among the numerous possi- Nijhuis and van der Maesen make dis- discussion of the “best” approach, to appre-
bilities is the “correct” direction. Often, after tinctions that facilitate an understanding of ciation of the underlying philosophies and
expending large amounts time, effort, and the consequences of different social philoso- views of health that manifest themselves in
resources, the researchers return to their start- phies for public health activities. They iden- everyday health programs and the measure-
ing point, but without the added knowledge tify 2 major types of social philosophy. In ment of their effectiveness and efficiency.28,29
abstract norm or idealized Popperian con- is largely a function of the problem being to public health challenges is required.
ception of science, but rather by the nature addressed. Despite several decades of debate concerning
of the problem under consideration, the US public health in the new millennium the absurdity of the notion of objectivity in
community resources or skills available, and must move from the level of individuals, per- science, some observers still don’t get it.63
the prevailing norms and values at the sonal risk factors, and lateral research to The futility of the belief in objective science
national, regional, or local level. other levels of explanation (causation) and for public health provides the most elegant
Acceptance of the notion of “appro- intervention. Healthy public policy could be argument for embracing the social science
priate methodologies” requires adaptation a useful starting point. Although tried-and- disciplines, especially medical sociology. In
and refinement of traditional quantitative true quantitative methods generally work sociology, for example, early positivists such
research methods, such as social surveys and when the focus is downstream (e.g., when as Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim (and
conventional experimental designs, for these the outcome of interest is voluntary lifestyle even Max Weber and Karl Marx) believed
methods to remain applicable to the perspec- changes at the individual level), they are that research should be objective and value-
tive of the “new public health.” Moreover, not always useful or appropriate when the free. In “Anti-Minotaur: The Myth of a Value
well-designed and carefully conducted qual- emphasis shifts to the level of the social Free Sociology,” Gouldner has argued that
itative studies, including ethnographic inter- system. Some techniques are misapplied, just as the bull and the man in the mythical
viewing, participant observation, case studies, and others are inherently inappropriate. creature cannot be separated, so facts and
and focus group activities, are now required to The notion of “appropriate methodology” values cannot be separated in scientific
complement quantitative approaches and to fill emphasizes the match between the level of research.64 He asserted that all scientists
gaps where quantitative techniques are sub- analysis and the most suitable research make “domain assumptions”—basic assump-
optimal or even inappropriate. Unfortunately, approach, which is contingent on the prob- tions about the nature of social life, the rea-
quantitative and qualitative methods are lem, the state of knowledge, the availability sons for individual behaviors, what is an
viewed by their respective rigid adherents as of resources, the audience, and so forth. acceptable research approach, who is a legiti-
incompatible rather than as mutually enrich- There is no right or wrong methodological mate source of research support, where it is
ing partners in a common enterprise. Most approach; rather, appropriateness, given the appropriate to publish results, and so forth.
quantitative researchers view qualitative purpose of the study, must be the central While these assumptions are often unstated,
approaches as inductive, subjective, unreli- concern. they strongly influence what is actually stud-
able, and “soft.” These advocates of quantita- ied and the way research is conducted, the
tive methods constitute the dominant force in sources of data used, the means of the data’s
public health and biomedical research, and The Myth of a Value-Free Public statistical manipulation, and any action that is
they control the purse strings. Many of those Health recommended. Simply by selecting a particu-
engaged in qualitative research see quantita- lar public health problem for investigation,
tive researchers as positivistic, mindless data There is a move within public health to public health scientists reveal what aspects of
dredgers who suffer from hardening of the divorce the results of scientific inquiry from society they believe to be important and per-
categories. subsequent social action: for some, it is suf- haps amenable to social action and beneficial
Any reorientation of our efforts up- ficient to conduct research and publish the change. Becker65 observed that value neutral-
stream—to organizations, communities, and findings. Such researchers feel that by stick- ity is not a neutral stance: a purportedly
national policies—requires the development ing to the science and eschewing sociopolit- “objective” position is itself an ideological
of measurements and indicators appropriate ical action, they somehow enhance the position.
to that level of focus. In contrast to interven- credibility and standing of public health.
tions with individuals (say, patients with a According to this view, the putative father of
specific condition or subjects with particular epidemiology, John Snow, made an egre- Summary
risk factors), systemic interventions must be gious mistake when he removed the handle
assessed through the use of systemic out- from the Broad Street pump.62 Faced with The threshold of the new millennium
comes—indicators of improvement in the his profound f indings on the spread of offers an opportunity to celebrate remarkable
community, independent of individuals and cholera, he should instead have returned to past achievements and to reflect on promis-
their risky behaviors. In other words, his office and written memos to valued pro- ing new directions for the exciting field of
“quality of life” as a criterion is replaced by fessional colleagues (in other words, he public health. Despite historic achievements,
“quality of community” or “quality of orga- should have submitted his findings to peer much will always remain to be done—that is
nizational environment.” The interest is not review). Some in our field (thankfully, an the nature of the public health enterprise. We
in whether an individual quits smoking or ever smaller minority) feel that we in the argue that every epoch has its own distinct
lowers his or her cholesterol level, but in United States have no business getting health challenges, and those confronting us
whether there is improvement in the quality involved in tobacco control activities—epi- today are unlike those plaguing public health
of the organizational environment. In the demiologically informed, sociopolitical, a century ago. Global environmental threats,
given area, how many workplaces are desig- upstream public health actions likely to save the disruption of vital ecosystems, planetary
nated no-smoking? How many restaurants more lives, in a cost-effective manner, than overload, persistent and widening social
add heart-healthy items to their menus? all of the downstream smoking intervention injustice and health inequalities, and lack of
What proportion of schools change the way programs over the past 50 years combined.60 access to effective health care will be among
school meals are prepared? What added rev- Rigid adherence to an arcane view of our major challenges in the future. The per-
enues are generated from the imposition of science and false consciousness about the spectives and methods that were developed
taxes on harmful products? Is there a reduc- purported objectivity of the public health and that served so well during the infectious
tion in the overall rate of avoidable death? enterprise are likely to promote narrow disci- and chronic disease eras will have limited
The list of systemic outcomes is extensive, plinary sectarianism at a time when an even utility in the face of these newly emerging
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