Question

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What is the public health code of ethics, and what are the underlying values and beliefs? How does this value system drive the development of health care policy?

Answer 1

Code of ethics are ethical standards for behaviour in public health environment. The purpose of these codes is to promote and protect human dignity and rights. The code of ethics for public health ensure and protect the health of community with a moral obligation. It helps to avoid the abuse of power in delivery of public health.

The values and beliefs of public health code of ethics :

1. To prevent adverse health outcomes

2. To achieve community health with respect to rights of individual in community

3. It believes that Public health should work for the empowerment of community members

4. Code of ethics ensure that the basic resources and conditions necessary for health are accessible to all the people in the community without any discrimination

Ethical code help in development of healthcare policy in following ways :

1. It helps To implement effective policies and programs that protect and promote health.

2. It helps to take decisions on policies and programs and their implementation based on the information gathered.

3. It helps policies and programmes to incorporate approaches that anticipate and respect diverse values, beliefs, and cultures in the community.