141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Discussion of public health ethics cases in small groups


Sunday, November 3, 2013 : 10:15 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Drue Barrett, PhD, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
The workshop participants will break into small groups; each table will conduct an ethical analysis of a public health ethics case. This session will give participants hands on experience with analyzing and applying ethical frameworks for a case they are likely to encounter in their public health practice.

Learning Areas:

Ethics, professional and legal requirements

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate practical experience in the process of ethical analysis.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Since 2006, I have served as the lead for the Public Health Ethics Unit in the Office of the Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and as the Designated Federal Officer for the Ethics Subcommittee of the CDC Advisory Committee to the Director. In this position I provide leadership at CDC for the development of infrastructure in public health ethics. I am also a member of the APHA Ethics SPIG
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.

Back to: 2012.0: Good decision making in real time: Practical public health ethics for local and state health officials in the US -- Fee: $250