SEX: A WICKED PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

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(Slashed with PH 40001 ) Wicked problems is a term developed during the 1970s by systems thinkers and planners, Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber (1973), to describe complex social problems that are resistant to solution. The term has recently been applied to public health issues that have proven to be difficult to address and are resistant to mitigation. Sexual and reproductive health behaviors, attitudes and cultural norms often produce problems at the individual and population levels that meet the criteria for designation as wicked problems. Effectively addressing these kinds of problems requires a correct understanding and application of public health principles and practices.