Public Health Research
- PMID: 28590690
- Bookshelf ID: NBK435778
- DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23847-0_9
Public Health Research
Excerpt
Having a scientific basis for the practice of public health is critical. Research leads to insight and innovations that solve health problems and is therefore central to public health worldwide. For example, in the United States research is one of the ten essential public health services (Public Health Functions Steering Committee 1994). The s of the Ethical Practice of Public, developed by the Public Health Leadership Society (2002), emphasizes the value of having a scientific basis for action. Principle five specifically calls on public health to seek the information needed to carry out effective policies and programs that protect and promote health.
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Sections
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. What Is Different About Public Health Research?
- 9.3. Ethical Considerations for Protecting the Public during Health Research
- 9.4. How Ethical Challenges Can Arise in Public Health Research: Lessons Learned from Cases
- 9.5. Conclusions
- 9.6. Case 1: To Reveal or Not to Reveal Potentially Harmful Findings: A Dilemma for Public Health Research
- 9.7. Case 2: Ethical Challenges in Impoverished Communities: Seeking Informed Consent in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon
- 9.8. Case 3: Improving Review Quality and Efficiency of Research Ethics Committees to Enhance Public Health Practice in Africa
- 9.9. Case 4: Internet-Based HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Programs in Vulnerable Populations: Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
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