title: A communitarian approach to public health.
abstract: This paper argues that there is a need to move yet further than has already been suggested by some from the individual to the collective as a base for public health. A communitarian approach is one way to achieve this. This has the advantage of allowing not only the community's voice to have a say in setting the values for public health but also more formally the development of a constitution on which public health might then be built. It also sees public health as a social institution which can be valued in its own right.
authors.affiliation: Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Falmouth Annex, Medical Campus, South Africa. John.Ataguba@uct.ac.za
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ataguba
authors.forename: Gavin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mooney
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values; D012946:Social Welfare