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Public Health Ethics and Legalities

Public health ethics and legalities encompass the moral principles, values, and legal frameworks that guide decision-making in population health practice, policy, and research. Research published in Public Health International addresses fundamental ethical tensions in public health, including the balance between ind…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 9 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 21× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2641-4538 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Public health ethics and legalities encompass the moral principles, values, and legal frameworks that guide decision-making in population health practice, policy, and research. Research published in Public Health International addresses fundamental ethical tensions in public health, including the balance between individual autonomy and collective welfare during pandemic responses, the integration of culturally specific ethical frameworks such as Ubuntu philosophy into emerging technologies like artificial intelligence in African contexts, and the alignment of organizational structures with ethical values in public utility models of healthcare delivery. The journal's coverage extends to equity and rights-based considerations in vulnerable populations, examining attitudes toward marginalized groups including LGBTIQ individuals among healthcare trainees, empowerment of women in traditional maternal and child health systems, and the burden of preventable injuries in children living in urban slums. These investigations reflect the field's core concern with justice, respect for persons, and beneficence across diverse global settings. Understanding public health ethics and legalities matters because practitioners and policymakers must navigate complex trade-offs between protecting population health and respecting individual rights, while ensuring that interventions do not exacerbate existing inequalities or violate fundamental human dignities in communities with varying cultural, economic, and legal contexts.

Research published in this journal

9 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
Public Health International Cited by 4 doi:10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-17-1839

How this research is being cited

The 9 articles above have been cited 21 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 and Legalities, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Public Health International (ISSN 2641-4538).

Journal editorial board
Javad Javan-Noughabi · United Kingdom Evelyn O Talbott · United States Zainab Taha · United Arab Emirates

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