Health is among the most important conditions of life and is needed to achieve well being and happiness. Public Health is devoted to the pursuit of health with an emphasis on the prevention of disease and injury, and is a central basis for organizing health systems. Public Health recognizes individuals as the basic focus of its efforts, but seeks to improve the life of each person through systematic community and population based solutions.
Ethical values are guides for behavior and appropriate action.
The pursuit of truth. Objective truth is sought through a scientific approach, which in public health entails the use of epidemiological and biostatistical methods and knowledge gained through the biological, behavioral and physical sciences. We view life long learning for all people as fundamental for the optimization of health. Benefit to each human being is a fundamental principle of public health action. Producing this benefit requires knowledge and skills, preeminent among which are the ability to communicate and to understand behavior and norms.