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Mar 9, 2016

Scientists (mis)understanding the public(s), again!

by Simon Carter

In this blog we frequently lament the fact that politicians, policy makers and health educators seem to largely ignore various insights gained from social scientists and humanities over the past several decades. To this illustrious list I now add the... More…

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

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Sep 4, 2015

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

by Simon Carter

One of the age-old problems for ‘public health’ has always been how to get people to adopt more healthy behaviour change. How can citizens be persuaded to vaccinate themselves, eat healthier food or avoid obvious harms such as smoking? Of... More…

Scientists (mis)understanding the public(s), again!

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

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