Learning Objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Discuss the importance of community engagement as it relates to public health emergency planning and response efforts.

2. Identify ways in which community engagement can facilitate ethical public health planning and response.

3. Consider different ways to engage communities in public health decision making both domestically and internationally.

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Learning Objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Understand privacy concerns related to the collection, use, and sharing of biospecimens for research.

2. Describe ethical principles applicable to the collection, use, and sharing of biospecimens for research.

3. Discuss various approaches to protecting the privacy interests of persons whose biospecimens are shared.

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In Ethics and Ebola: Public Health Planning and Response, the Bioethics Commission emphasized the importance of effective public health communication and real-time integration of ethics expertise in public health emergencies, in addition to early planning. This case study illustrates how public health professionals consider and address ethics and public health communication as a major outbreak unfolds.

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In Ethics and Ebola: Public Health Planning and Response, the Bioethics Commission emphasized the importance of grounding  public health policies in the best available scientific evidence, and implementing measures that restrict individual or community  liberties only when they are required  to  protect  public  health. This case study illustrates how public health professionals consider the ethical components of restrictive measures as a major outbreak unfolds.