263879 Ethical dilemmas: Examples from public health practice – environmental health case vignette

Sunday, October 28, 2012 : 3:10 PM - 3:25 PM

Matthew Stefanak, MPH , Health Commissioner, Mahoning County District Board of Health, Youngstown, OH
The purpose of this presentation will be to provide a second illustration of a public health ethics dilemma frequently encountered by local health departments. This case will illustrate how the lack of resources by disadvantaged members of a community complicates the enforcement of environmental health laws in the local health department.

Learning Areas:
Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective: Describe a common public health ethics challenge.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have served as the Health Commissioner of the General Health District in Mahoning County, Ohio since 1988. I also am an adjunct Instructor of Family and Community Medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. I am a past Chair of the Public Health Leadership Society. In 2006, I implemented the Public Health Code of Ethics in my county health department and created an internal Ethics Advisory Committee.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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