Open AccessPopulation health post-pandemic: critiquing the economic approach to recovery
Author(s) -
Deborah Shipton,
Gerry McCartney,
Robert McMaster
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
public health in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2666-5352
DOI - 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100098
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , inequality , work (physics) , public health , key (lock) , population , economic impact analysis , political science , economic recovery , economic growth , development economics , public relations , economics , medicine , environmental health , nursing , engineering , computer science , virology , mathematics , computer security , mathematical analysis , pathology , outbreak , keynesian economics , microeconomics , mechanical engineering , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Covid-19 arrived at a time that the UK, and indeed other countries, were experiencing increasing inequalities, stalling life expectancy and a climate crisis – the economic approaches taken to date were not addressing these challenges. In response to the economic impact of COVID-19, far-reaching economic decisions will made in the coming months and years that are likely have a larger impact on the health of nations than the direct impact of COVID-19 itself. Different approaches to economic recovery will serve our citizens’ health and wellbeing in different ways. The public health community needs to be able to advocate for the economic approach that serves the population’s health best.
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