TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The end of the 'Bad seed' Era? Epigenetics' contribution to violence prevention initiatives in public health
JO  - New bioethics, The
A1  - Meurer, Anna
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Despite numerous initiatives and significant resource investment, violence remains a pervasive threat to public health. The burgeoning field of epigenetics may offer an exciting new possibility for violence prevention efforts by illuminating the mechanisms of gene-environment interactions. In particular, it may improve our ability to design more effective primary interventions, facilitate improved intervention tailoring, and better position communities to be active agents in their well-being. However, without attention to the distinction between awareness, self-efficacy, and agency, it risks encouraging a false sense of individual accountability for violence, a perception that may perpetuate or increase existing inequities. Thus, embracing epigenetic insights in public health raises new opportunities but also new concerns. Ultimately, I argue public health should embrace epigenetics' potential, but only with an equal commitment to state responsibility and systemic justice.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2050-2877
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20502877.2021.1877450
ID  - ref1
ER  -