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Editorial Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article-abstract/41/3/429/5584142 by Ed 'DeepDyve' Gillespie user on 18 October 2019 Journal of Public Health | Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 429 | doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdz109 ‘The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those Laurence, looking through the eyes of a front-line director who have no choice.’ of public health, reminds us of the issues he has to consider and deal with in his ‘messy, stressful, struggling, imperfect We are delighted as co-editors to present our first issue of and compromised’ world. In the other ‘perspectives’ article the Journal. The articles cover a range of public health issues, McAteer et al., presenting a critical commentary of organi- interventions and ethical questions. Here in the UK we are still zational models and practices for bridging ‘the gap’ between in the throes of Brexit–will we, will we not, when and how, public health research and policy and practice, invite further ever more questions and more confusion. When this editorial reflection. goes to press, would anything have changed or will the debate The public health community is diverse–articulate, vibrant and confusion continue? and informed. The journal, as well as seeking scholarly articles, The opening sentence of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’–‘It was would welcome reflections and perspectives on current and the best of times, it was the worst of times’–tells of the relevant issues from readers. disruptive state of affairs in 18th century England and across the channel in France. The last line of the opening paragraph Premila Webster, Fellow ‘in short, the period was so far like the present period, that Somerville College, University of Oxford some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, Keith Neal, Professor for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison’ University of Nottingham appears to resonate with our current situation with each side having entrenched and opposing views. In the meanwhile, ‘inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping References families of dignity and splitting communities’. 3 1Adorno TW. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life, 1974(First At the global level, inequality has risen sharply since 1980 ; published in German 1951), Trans. E.F.N. Jephcott. London: Verso, some of the articles in this issue illustrate this and provide 1974 [James Bradley (reviewer) Cambridge Review 96 (January 1975) evidence of the effect of inequality on health. There is evi- 88]. dence to suggest that the stalling of life expectancy in England 2 Attributed to Sharan B. General Secretary of the International Trade 4 5 since 2010, along with inequalities in healthy life expectancy, Union Confederation. follows on from the austerity measures intended to reduce 3 Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancelm, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel the national budget deficit. In November 2018, in the policy Saez, (ed). Gabriel Zucman World Inequality Report 2018, ISBN 9780674984554, Publication Date: 07/09/2018. paper ‘Prevention is better than cure: our vision to help you live well for longer,’ the UK government set out its strategy 4 Public Health England. Health profile for England. 2018. London: Public Health England, 2018, 4. to increase healthy life expectancy equitably in England by 5 5 Office for National Statistics. Health State Life Expectancies by National years by 2035. The potential to make a major contribution Deprivation Deciles, England and Wales: 2015 to 2017. London: Office for to such a target in terms of effect sizes includes fiscal and National Statistics, 2019. economic interventions that reduce affordability. However, 6 Hiam L, Harrison D, McKee M, Dorling D. Why is life expectancy during his campaign to become Prime Minister, Boris Johnson in England and Wales “stalling”? J Epidemiol Community Health wanted to end the ‘continuing creep of the nanny state’ 2018;72:404–8. starting with a review of the so-called ‘sin taxes’ on sugary, 7 Department of Health and Social Care. Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Our salty and fatty foods. Vision to Help You Live Well for Longer. London: Department of Health In their article ‘Responsibility, prudence and health promo- and Social Care, 2018. tion’, Brown et al discuss how ‘policy based on accountability 8 Marteau TM, White M, Rutter H et al. Increasing healthy life expectancy is not only philosophically inconsistent, but misconstrues equitably in England by 5 years by 2035: could it be achieved? Lancet Comment Vol June 29, 2019;393:P2571–3. people’s responsibility in unjust and potentially harmful ways.’ © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press

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Journal of Public Health , Volume 41 (3) – Sep 30, 2019
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Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article-abstract/41/3/429/5584142 by Ed 'DeepDyve' Gillespie user on 18 October 2019 Journal of Public Health | Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 429 | doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdz109 ‘The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those Laurence, looking through the eyes of a front-line director who have no choice.’ of public health, reminds us of the issues he has to consider and deal with in his ‘messy, stressful, struggling, imperfect We are delighted as co-editors to present our first issue of and compromised’ world. In the other ‘perspectives’ article the Journal. The articles cover a range of public health issues, McAteer et al., presenting a critical commentary of organi- interventions and ethical questions. Here in the UK we are still zational models and practices for bridging ‘the gap’ between in the throes of Brexit–will we, will we not, when and how, public health research and policy and practice, invite further ever more questions and more confusion. When this editorial reflection. goes to press, would anything have changed or will the debate The public health community is diverse–articulate, vibrant and confusion continue? and informed. The journal, as well as seeking scholarly articles, The opening sentence of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’–‘It was would welcome reflections and perspectives on current and the best of times, it was the worst of times’–tells of the relevant issues from readers. disruptive state of affairs in 18th century England and across the channel in France. The last line of the opening paragraph Premila Webster, Fellow ‘in short, the period was so far like the present period, that Somerville College, University of Oxford some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, Keith Neal, Professor for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison’ University of Nottingham appears to resonate with our current situation with each side having entrenched and opposing views. In the meanwhile, ‘inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping References families of dignity and splitting communities’. 3 1Adorno TW. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life, 1974(First At the global level, inequality has risen sharply since 1980 ; published in German 1951), Trans. E.F.N. Jephcott. London: Verso, some of the articles in this issue illustrate this and provide 1974 [James Bradley (reviewer) Cambridge Review 96 (January 1975) evidence of the effect of inequality on health. There is evi- 88]. dence to suggest that the stalling of life expectancy in England 2 Attributed to Sharan B. General Secretary of the International Trade 4 5 since 2010, along with inequalities in healthy life expectancy, Union Confederation. follows on from the austerity measures intended to reduce 3 Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancelm, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel the national budget deficit. In November 2018, in the policy Saez, (ed). Gabriel Zucman World Inequality Report 2018, ISBN 9780674984554, Publication Date: 07/09/2018. paper ‘Prevention is better than cure: our vision to help you live well for longer,’ the UK government set out its strategy 4 Public Health England. Health profile for England. 2018. London: Public Health England, 2018, 4. to increase healthy life expectancy equitably in England by 5 5 Office for National Statistics. Health State Life Expectancies by National years by 2035. The potential to make a major contribution Deprivation Deciles, England and Wales: 2015 to 2017. London: Office for to such a target in terms of effect sizes includes fiscal and National Statistics, 2019. economic interventions that reduce affordability. However, 6 Hiam L, Harrison D, McKee M, Dorling D. Why is life expectancy during his campaign to become Prime Minister, Boris Johnson in England and Wales “stalling”? J Epidemiol Community Health wanted to end the ‘continuing creep of the nanny state’ 2018;72:404–8. starting with a review of the so-called ‘sin taxes’ on sugary, 7 Department of Health and Social Care. Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Our salty and fatty foods. Vision to Help You Live Well for Longer. London: Department of Health In their article ‘Responsibility, prudence and health promo- and Social Care, 2018. tion’, Brown et al discuss how ‘policy based on accountability 8 Marteau TM, White M, Rutter H et al. Increasing healthy life expectancy is not only philosophically inconsistent, but misconstrues equitably in England by 5 years by 2035: could it be achieved? Lancet Comment Vol June 29, 2019;393:P2571–3. people’s responsibility in unjust and potentially harmful ways.’ © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected]

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