title: The future of public health.
abstract: Public health deals with the health and well-being of the population as a whole and its achievements over the past century, especially in the richer countries, have been truly impressive. What direction should public health take in the future?
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. bbloom@hsph.harvard.edu
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*