Population size, military power, and Antinatal policy

: Military Power

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Body size, self-evaluation, and military effectiveness.

The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author and are not to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views or endorsement of the Navy Department. In a population on young, healthy Navy men dissatisfaction with height and weight varied directly with deviation from preferred ("ideal") height and weight. Satisfaction with intellectual level generally varied inversely with intelli...

Iranian Population Policy and Aging: New Health Concerns

Problems of Estimating Military Power

Shaping Policy Change in Population Health: Policy Entrepreneurs, Ideas, and Institutions

Political realities and institutional structures are often ignored when gathering evidence to influence population health policies. If these policies are to be successful, social science literature on policy change should be integrated into the population health approach. In this contribution, drawing on the work of John W. Kingdon and related scholarship, we set out to examine how key componen...