We will support each other in our efforts to understand the factors that affect our health and take responsibility for those things we can control. Ensure that the resources needed to support health are managed wisely and fairly. Our taxes pay for the people, programs, equipment, and facilities that support health. Involve Nova Scotians in decisions affecting health. Opportunities and support must be provided for all of us to participate in making decisions about our health and he health care system.
All decision makers are accountable to the public for their actions.
Ensure that all Nova Scotians have the opportunity to achieve health. Poverty, unemployment, racism, illiteracy, violence, rural isolation, and other issues make it more difficult for some people to be as healthy as others. The policies we put in place must address these factors that affect our health.