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EDITORIAL

The medicalisation of prevention: health promotion is more than a pill a day

Colin Binns A , Peter Howat B , James Smith C and Jonine Jancey B D
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A School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

B Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

C Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Leadership, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: j.jancey@curtin.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 27(2) 91-93 https://doi.org/10.1071/HEv27n2_ED
Published: 2 August 2016


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