Sociocultural Lab

Department of Psychology · King’s College London

Sociologists in public health: marginal observers or mainstream collaborators?

K Powell, NJ Fox, S Bhanbhro, A Chauhan, A Goldschmied, K Jackson, A Paton, and S Salway

Perspectives in Public Health  •  2024

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This article considers why sociology and public health do not collaborate more frequently and what sociologists might need to do to enhance their contributions to public health. It highlights a group of sociologists who have worked alongside public health practitioners that suggest ways to enhance sociology’s accessibility and use within public health, deriving from a workshop conducted in 2022.