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Context, Caring and Connection: Relational Ethics and Tools for Empowering Newly Arrived Refugees
Learning Areas:
Diversity and cultureEthics, professional and legal requirements
Other professions or practice related to public health
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Define relational care ethics in the context of refugee resettlement in the US.
Explain at least 2 of the benefits and 1 of the challenges posed by implementing a relational approach to refugee resettlement, particularly services related to health.
Evaluate the degree to which relevant public health interventions and/or refugee health services utilize a relational approach.
Identify one or more areas where increased attention to the relational ethics at play could potentially improve outcomes.
Keyword(s): Refugees, Ethics
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked in refugee resettlement and during that time I developed and piloted tools for building staff capacity. During two different graduate programs (masters and certificate), I conducted research on different ethical approaches for programs targeting individuals experiencing trauma and conflict induced migration.
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.