When asked about the importance of the work of a public health leader I would try to communicate the social justice perspective and values. Thus my answer must contain not only certain clichés that would help me persuade this market-justice leader in the community but also some presentation of my work. Should I specify the principles of everyday day work? I do not think it is necessary to come into the open till the end. Public health deals not only with medical assistance, medical insurance, and all that things.
The problems that exist in the modern world can really harm one’s health: horrible ecological conditions; different viruses that cannot be treated in an ordinary way and involve inpatient treatment; the active way of life presupposes contacts with other people and cause different injuries and traumas. People can get some injuries not only during their free time but also because of safety engineering violations.
As people cannot be protected in full measure from the interrelations with other people who can harm them in this or that way; can be a carrier of some virus or disease. Thus public health deals not only with the guarantee of a long healthy life but also regulate and control the death rate, try to expand the life interval, and other things that the policy of public health contains. Some people think that public health is not very important, but medicine can play a crucial role in the security of the country.
The first principle I am going to discuss is the principle of primal leadership, described in a similar article. This principle tells about the influence of the leader’s mood on the mood of all people around him/her. The essential is that people are more likely to be under the impact of a good, cheerful, and energetic mood. The sad mood and depressed feelings are not so obvious to affect other people’s moods.
A smile or laughter can make everyone around a smile or even laugh. “A leader needs to make sure that not only is he regularly in an optimistic, authentic, high-energy mood but also that, through his chosen actions, his followers feel and act that way, too” (Goleman 44). Thus the primal leader is in some way responsible for the mood and actions of his followers.
The next principle I am going to analyze is the principle of rethinking political correctness, as it is very important not to confuse lack of professionalism with racial prejudice or the absence of political correctness. “A white manager fears she will be perceived as racist if she gives critical feedback to her Latino subordinate. A black engineer passed over for promotion wonders whether his race has anything to do with it, but he’s reluctant to raise this concern lest he is seen as “playing the race card” (Ely 79). The aspect of political correctness will always be of crucial importance in a multinational country, where every member of society can be charged with political incorrectness. Employers should be attentive while working with a multinational team.
And the last principle that seems very interesting for me while regarding the issue of social justice perspective is the principle of social justice. As “It captures the twin moral impulses that animate public health: to advance human well-being by improving health and to do so by focusing on the needs of the most disadvantaged” (Gostin 1054), it is not just the matter of a common term of justice. The most important aspect of this principle is that the policy of public medical service depends greatly upon the decisions made by public health leaders.
Works Cited
Ely, J. Robin, and Debra E. Meyerson, and Martin N. Davidson. “Rethinking Political Correctness”. Harvard Business Review. 78 (9), 78-87. 2006.
Goleman, Daniel, and Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee. “Primal leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance”. Harvard Business Review 79 (11), 42–51. 2001.
Gostin, O. Lawrence, and Madison Powers. “What Does Social Justice Require For The Public’s Health? Public Health Ethics and Policy Imperatives”. HEALTH AFFAIRS 25( 4), 1053-1060. 2006.