Also, I totally think this is ironic and it parallels individual-level explanations for poverty. In both, ecological correlations serve as the basis for causal prescriptions for individual behavioral change.
Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MAIt's an "individualization" of public health, which is (ironically?) premised on ecological data (e.g., XYZ "risk factors" identified among those sickened / dead of a given infectious disease). It also dovetails w/ reform eugenics, wherein health must be optimized at the indiv level w/ indiv effort