Bring in the social context: Towards an integrated approach to health promotion and prevention

Aims: In this paper I take up the quest for an integrated approach to health promotion and prevention that incorporates the social context. I suggest that an integrated theory of public health has to rethink the individual society relationships and move beyond the dominance of socialization theory and individual level analysis. Methods: A theoretical analysis of key issues in an integrated theory of public health. Results: I maintain that we...