RT Book, Section
A1 Williams, Hywel C.
A1 Langan, Sinéad M.
A1 Flohr, Carsten
A2 Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2 Katz, Stephen I.
A2 Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2 Paller, Amy S.
A2 Leffell, David J.
A2 Wolff, Klaus
SR Print(0)
ID 56020745
T1 Chapter 4. Public Health in Dermatology
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56020745
RD 2024/04/20
AB |PrintPublic  Health  in  Dermatology  at  a  GlancePublic  health  dermatology  promotes  skin  health.Modern  public  health  dermatology  is  still  relatively  underdeveloped.Doctors  help  individual  patients  but  have  little  influence  on  the  health  of  entire  populations.Conversely,  the  impact  of  large  population  interventions  is  rarely  appreciated  by  individuals.Prevention  is  often  more  logical  than  only  treating  sick  individuals.A  “low-risk”  approach  of  reducing  risk  in  the  whole  population  for  diseases  such  as  melanoma  may  achieve  more  than  a  “high-risk”  approach  of  targeting  just  those  who  have  skin  cancer  or  who  are  at  higher  risk  of  developing  skin  cancer.When  entire  populations  are  considered,  a  little  bit  of  harm  affecting  a  lot  of  people  can  add  up  to  more  than  a  lot  of  harm  affecting  a  few  people.Modern  public  health  dermatology  has  had  some  success  in  the  reduction  of  skin  cancer  incidence  and  control  of  infectious  diseases.Low-technology  educational  interventions  directed  at  entire  communities  can  result  in  more  benefit  than  high-technology  drugs  targeted  at  a  few  ill  individuals.