Streets of Paris, sunflower seeds, and Nobel prizes. Reflections on the quantitative paradigm of public health.
Quantitative methods are central to public health and public health research. The historical roots and philosophical foundations of this predilection for the quantitative, however, are little known and seldom discussed.
Mackenbach
Johan P
JP
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands. j.mackenbach@erasmusmc.nl
D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010297:Paris; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods