DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-820-7-0271

SUSTAINABILITY IN HEALTH SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Magdalena BSOUL-KOPOWSKA, Agata PRZEWOŹNA-KRZEMIŃSKA

In the face of today's pandemic challenges, human life and health is an asset of particular importance. The basic assumption of every modern state is to protect life by providing its citizens not only with adequate health conditions but above all with a sense of health safety. In addition to safety, health is a fundamental value that should be pursued throughout life. This article presents selected activities of public authorities concerning health policy in the field of health safety with the example of the Silesian Voivodeship. These activities take place in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. The analysis of documents related to direct actions in the field of the discussed problems was used as a research method to explore the problems of health safety in the context of sustainability.
Purpose: This paper aims to analyze and the present selected activities of public authorities concerning health policy in the field of health safety with the example of the Silesian Voivodeship.
Design/methodology/approach: The research method was the analysis of documents.
Findings: The analysis of the existing materials, EU projects, and national health policy revealed that the improvement of population health strengthens sustainable development, whereas sustainable development improves health in a cycle supported by an efficient health system.

Klíčová slova: health safety, health policy, health care, sustainable development

stránky: 271-278, Publikováno: 2021, online: 2021