Titre : | Negative Freedom and Death in the United States. (2010) |
Auteurs : | ACKERSON (Leland-K) : USA. Department of Community Health and Sustainability. University of Massachusetts Lowell. Lowell. ; SUBRAMANIAN (S.V.) : USA. Department of Society. Human Development and Health. Harvard School of Public Health. Boston. MA. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 100, n° 11, 2010) |
Pagination : | 2163-2164 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Mort ; Mortalité ; Amérique ; Epidémiologie ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS IA9BjR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Personal freedoms have been characterized as "positive" (freedom to pursue opportunities) and "negative" (freedom from external constraints on decision making). An ecological analysis of US data revealed a strong positive association (r=0.41 ; P=003) between state-level negative personal freedom (defined in terms of regulation of personal behavior) and state-level age-adjusted rates of unintentional injury. A conceptual emphasis on positive freedom construed as freedom to pursue a life without risk of unintentional injury could help motivate a conversation to improve public health. |