[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?
Peretti-Watel
Patrick
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Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale Inserm, Marseille. patrick.peretti-watel@inserm.fr
D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D011287:Prejudice; D011634:Public Health / Q000941:ethics*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D013240:Stereotyping