The following developments contributed to the rise of the social ecology paradigm in medicine and public health EXCEPT:

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The social ecology paradigm emphasizes the role of social, economic, and environmental factors in the development and distribution of disease. It emerged in response to the limitations of traditional biomedical models that focused on individual-level causes of disease and the germ theory of disease causation. The shift from infectious to chronic diseases, a greater understanding of the multifactorial nature of disease etiology, and the expansion into new arenas of social welfare all contributed to the rise of the social ecology paradigm. However, an increasing reliance on Koch's postulates (which are used to determine whether a particular microbe is the cause of a specific disease) is not related to the rise of the social ecology paradigm.

The Following Developments Contributed to the Rise of the Social