[Stigma and public health].
Illnesses have always nourished phenomena of stigmatization, to which public health has occasionally contributed. This observation remains true today, in particular for risk-taking behaviour, and signals the emergence of a new preventive strategy: stigmatizing for encouraging behaviour change more greatly But does this strategy not give rise to ethical issues? And is its preventive effectiveness guaranteed?
Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale Inserm, Marseille. patrick.peretti-watel@inserm.fr
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D011287:Prejudice; D011634:Public Health / Q000941:ethics*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D013240:Stereotyping