Assignemnt:
Personal Values and Public Health Values
To prepare for this Discussion, bring to mind the mission and vision statements you reviewed last week as well as the values you have seen exemplified in the public health field. What do you consider the main values of public health? Do you see areas of alignment between the explicit or implicit values of public health organizations and the values expressed by you and your classmates? Do you see any conflicts among them?
• Briefly explain what led you to choose public health and where you want to take your career.
• Discuss any ways in which you believe your own personal values align with the values held within the public health profession, and or in which these values might not be in alignment with your own. Consider what you are passionate about; what has framed your perspective.
• Discuss at least two of your colleagues' responses, identifying the aspects you found most intriguing, surprising, thought-provoking, or otherwise noteworthy. What did you learn from each of these postings that helped shed further light on your own values