title: An evaluation of the public health paradigm: a view of social work.
abstract: This article engages in a critical review of the public health paradigm to determine the compatibility with social work's guiding value of social justice. This critical examination explores the history, epistemology, and view of health underlying the public health paradigm. Implications of the public health paradigm's view of health on social work practice and discourse is examined.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work, Renison University College, University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Canada.
authors.forename: Rachelle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ashcroft
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012935:Social Justice; D012947:Social Work
keywords: Public health; discourse; paradigm; social work