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4034.1
Ethical conduct of public health practice and research in challenging situations

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Roundtable
This session is divided into two separate round table groups. Group 1 explores ethical issues in a variety of unique and challenging areas of public health practice. Group 2 explores ethical issues arising from recent Ebola outbreak in Western Africa and possible future outbreaks in the United States and elsewhere.
Session Objectives: Identify complex ethical issues in various public health settings. Understand key concepts in theory and practice of public health ethics.
Moderators:
Selena Ortiz, PhD, MPH and Lisa M. Lee

Table 1
Does "Compassionate Use" of Investigational Treatments Prioritize Individual Rescue over Public Welfare?   
Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA
Table 2
End of Life as a Public Health Issue: Setting the Ethics and Policy Making Agenda   
Akiva Turner, PhD, JD, MPH, Alina M. Perez, JD, MPH, LCSW and Kathy Cerminara, JD
        
Table 3
Gendered experience of tobacco stigma: Implications for tobacco control   
Tamar Antin, DrPH, Geoffrey Hunt, PhD, Sharon Lipperman-Kreda, PhD and Rachelle Annechino, MIMS
  
Table 4
E-cigarette Ethics: The Precautionary Principle and Harm Reduction As a Basis for an E-Cigarette Ban   
Summer McGee, PhD, CPH and Glenn McGee, PhD
Table 5
Ethics of Risk Communication in Autism Environmental Risk Research   
Michael Yudell, PhD, MPH, John Rossi, VMD, M.BIoethics, Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Jennfier Plumb, DSW/LSW, Debra Langer, MPA, MSc and Lindsay Berrigan
Table 6
Examining the Ethics of Informed Consent in Housing Services Models for Homeless Adults with Dual Diagnosis   
Bikki Tran Smith, MA, MSW
Table 7
Moral Distress among Public Health Professionals: Lessons from the West African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic for Future Public Health Emergencies   
Kata Chillag, PhD
Table 8
Feeling torn, tough choices, and troubled thoughts: The concept of moral distress   
Karen Meagher, PhD
Table 9
Emergency Preparedness: Applying Ethical Practices to Deliver Alternative Methods of Care for an Ebola Outbreak in the United States   
Jennifer Tripken, Ed.D., CHES, Susan Mbawuike, B.A., Ayan Ibrahim, CHES, M.S., Catherine Lopez, M.S. and Whitney Carrington, MS
Table 10
Ethics and Ebola: Recommendations from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues   
Lisa M. Lee, PhD, MS

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Ethics
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health, International Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Socialist Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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