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Good Decision Making in Real Time: Public Health Ethics Training for Local Health Departments

URL 1: https://www.cdc.gov/os/integrity/phethics/trainingmaterials.htm

Date Developed: 6/3/2019. Source: Centers for Disease Control; Office of Science. Presenter(s): Drue Barrett, PhD; Ruth Gaare Bernheim, JD, MPH; Alan Melnick, MD, MPH, CPH; Leonard Ortmann, PhD; Matthew Penn, JD, MLIS. Type: Online Course. Level: Introductory. Length: 63 minutes.

Annotation

This Web-on-demand course provides training on the basics of public health ethics and the process of ethical analysis and describes tools and resources for addressing ethical challenges that commonly arise in the practice of public health. The course also explores the complementary nature of public health law and public health ethics, reviews approaches to implementing public health ethics in health departments and presents a case study to illustrate the steps of applying an ethical analysis to a real-life case scenario. xxx

Learning Objectives

• List 3 ways to define the field of public health ethics.

• Describe 2 ways public health ethics and law can work together to address ethical challenges.

• Describe 3 resources for helping public health officials make ethically informed choices.

• List 2 specific ways to integrate ethical considerations into public health decision-making.

• Explore multiple solutions by organizing, prioritizing, and defending each possible solution.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UE8MC25742; MCH Navigator for $225,000/year. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.