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Public Health Ethics

Public health ethics examines the moral principles and values that guide decisions affecting population health, balancing individual rights with collective well-being. Research published in Human Health Research addresses foundational questions about the relationship between ethics and health outcomes, exploring how…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 3 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 4× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-9383 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Public health ethics examines the moral principles and values that guide decisions affecting population health, balancing individual rights with collective well-being. Research published in Human Health Research addresses foundational questions about the relationship between ethics and health outcomes, exploring how ethical frameworks inform public health practice and policy. The journal has examined specialized ethical considerations in military and paramilitary contexts, including questions about mandatory retirement policies and the ethical boundaries of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations that intersect with public health missions. Additionally, the journal's research extends to quality-of-life assessments in diverse populations, such as oral health-related quality of life studies in Yemen, which raise important ethical questions about health equity, access to care, and the measurement of well-being across different cultural and socioeconomic contexts. This body of work reflects the field's recognition that public health interventions occur within complex ethical landscapes where considerations of justice, autonomy, beneficence, and cultural sensitivity must be carefully weighed. Understanding these ethical dimensions is essential for developing health policies and programs that are both effective and morally defensible across varied populations and settings.

Research published in this journal

3 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

Ethics and Health

Mango LucioCorresponding author
Nuclear Medicine, S. Camillo-Forlanini General Hospital, Rome – Italy
Exact topic Public Health International Cited by 4 doi:10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-17-1839

How this research is being cited

The 3 articles above have been cited 4 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Public Health Ethics, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human Health Research (ISSN 2576-9383).

Journal editorial board
Irma Brito · Portugal Suelen Boschen · United States Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui · Saudi Arabia

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