The authors are discussing
“Over the last century there have been many lessons learned in the
health field. A key lesson is that health is a complex phenomenon and the underlying
causal pathways for disease and illness are more than just biological. . . . Health is a
phenomenon deeply rooted within a social system, and health outcomes result from
a dynamic interplay between actors across the lifetime, originating from the cellular level, to the sociopolitical level. . . . As such, efforts to improve health must consider
the multifactorial nature of the problem and integrate appropriate knowledge
across disciplines and levels of analysis. . . . Health research has implicated a myriad
of factors involved in HIV prevention. . . Unfortunately, incidence rates continue to
rise because the knowledge is not being applied in the unified manner necessary to
address the complexity of the problem”
a. The inadequacy of the disciplines to address complex problems in the health
field.
b. The disciplines, especially those in the natural sciences, are uniquely able to
address the problem of HIV comprehensively.
c. Since health is a phenomenon deeply rooted within a social system, scientists
should limit their focus to the social science disciplines.
a. The inadequacy of the disciplines to address complex problems in the health
field.
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