4092.0 Ethics and Public Health Practice

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session demonstrates many of the facets of an emphasis on ethics and social justice in public health policy and practice. Presentations focus on the areas of surveillance, diet, immunization, and promoting personal responsibility for health.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify the difference social justice concerns make in public health practice; 2. Evaluate public health surveillance measures from an ethical perspective; 3. Analyze the social justice implications of promoting personal responsibility health.
Moderator:
Sean Philpott, PhD

10:30am
Ethics of Public Health Surveillance
Angus J. Dawson, PhD
10:50am
Health agency and social justice: A qualitative inquiry into fast food workers and eating behavior
Norah Mulvaney-Day, PhD and Catherine Womack, PhD
11:10am
Immunizations and vaccine origin: What is a socially just public health response to ethical-moral concerns?
Mary E. Homan, MA
        
11:30am
Personal Responsibility for Health: Implications for Policymakers
Tatiana Lin, Law (JD) - Russia; MA and Caitlin McMurtry
        

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Organized by: Ethics SPIG

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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