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Thursday, October 03, 2002Perhaps now, with such a heavy emphasis on bioterror defense, the public health community (at least in the U.S.) can use the cash infusion to shore up its systems and move away from projects that are not traditionally "public health" related, such as (I'd argue) urban sprawl studies; however, I would not be surprised to see the public health community continue in these efforts. They've been burned enough times before, standing helplessly by as their funding dries up when legislators' fickle fancy turns back to sexier issues that capture the attention of seniors and soccer moms. And funding once provided is not readily relinquished. I don't think they'll give up on the non-medical issues, either, but not because they're worried about funding. I think they've become so used to concerning themselves with such nonsense that they've come to view things like urban sprawl and domestic violence as true public health issues as important as, and for some of them more important than bioterrorism or infectious diseases. posted by Sydney on 10/03/2002 12:51:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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