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Life sciences · Journal article
Frontiers in Public Health · September 4, 2026
A consensus or society position rather than new primary data.
This is a narrative review proposing a normative framework comprising five public health values (respect, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, solidarity) and five principles (accessibility, affordability, acceptability, effectiveness, participation) intended to guide policy and reduce health inequalities. The work is conceptual and aspirational rather than empirical; it does not test or validate the framework against outcomes or compare it systematically to alternative approaches.
Narrative review and framework development. Public health policy and practice generally; focus noted on poor and socially vulnerable populations.
Proposed framework integrates five fundamental public health values: respect, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice and solidarity Five associated principles identified: accessibility, affordability, acceptability, effectiveness and participation Framework intended to improve health outcomes, reduce health inequalities and ensure healthcare system resilience
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This framework may inform development of public health policies and programs, but offers no empirical evidence of effectiveness. Practitioners should treat it as a conceptual tool for alignment of values and principles, not as validated guidance supported by outcome data.
A narrative review proposing a conceptual framework of public health values and principles intended to guide policy and practice, not an empirical trial or evidence synthesis.
As stated by the source record.
This framework may inform development of public health policies and programs, but offers no empirical evidence of effectiveness. Practitioners should treat it as a conceptual tool for alignment of values and principles, not as validated guidance supported by outcome data.
Graded across the dimensions that decide whether you should act, each from what the source actually supports. There is no single score, and where a dimension was not assessed it says so.
What is missing. This record has no reported figures. That is a gap in the analysis, not a judgement about the study.
Public health constitutes an inclusive term with contested boundaries difficult to define in universally accepted terms. There is an unceasing debate on the narrowness or broadness of public health definition, in relation to corresponding policies, actions and/or inactions implemented in the field. In this treatise, based on a narrative review methodology, we aimed at developing a new framework of core public health values and principles using specific criteria and building on prior published work. Our proposed framework includes an integrated set of five fundamental public health values (respect, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice and solidarity), and five principles (accessibility, affordability, acceptability, effectiveness and participation), which highlight the way these moral compasses lead to the development of associated programs and policies. A paradigm delineated by the Patient protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), aligns such values and principles towards improving society’s health outcomes, social engagement and reduction of health inequalities, along with healthcare systems’ resilience. Focus is also being given to epidemiology as a facilitator of public health interventions to achieve universal health coverage and decision making that incorporates public health values and principles in everyday life. The integration of values and principles enables the development of a comprehensive framework, which links policies and programs with individual and collective needs, particularly regarding poor and socially vulnerable populations. By upholding these values and principles as our main public health compasses, we could mitigate health disparities, address current public health challenges and ensure resilient, equitable and sustainable healthcare systems for all.
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