University of Michigan, Center for Law, Ethics, and Health

Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, March 30, 2007

 

Agenda

Introductions (.mp3 audio available)

               

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Introduction of Moderator

 

 

Panel 1: Ethics and Public Health Practice, Social Justice, and Health Equity (.mp3 audio available)

Tony Iton, Alameda County Health Department

“Health Equity, Ethics, and Local Public Health Practice”

James Hodge, Johns Hopkins University

“Legal and Ethical Challenges of Allocating Scarce Resources in Real-time during Public Health Emergencies”

 

Question & Answer

 

Panel 2: Ethics and Public Health Education/Curricula (.mp3 audio available)

Ruth Bernheim, University of Virginia

“Integrating Ethics and Ethics Education into Local Public Health Practice”

Alan Melnick, Clark County (WA) Health Department

“Case Studies Using the Public Health Code of Ethics in Local Public Health Department Decision-making”

 

Question and Answer

 

Panel 3: Ethics and Public Health Practice (.mp3 audio available)

Peter Jacobson, University of Michigan

“Navigating Public Health Ethics: Challenges and Principles”

 

Sandra Jo Hammer, CA Dept of Public Health

“Mandating Vaccines: All, None, or Some”

Question & Answer

 

Panel 4: Public Health Ethics and Preparedness and Planning (.mp3 audio available)

Drue Barrett, Public Health Ethics Coordinator, CDC

 “CDC’s Public Health Ethics Activities”

Paul Etkind, Nashua Department of Public Health

“Preparing for the Usual, Preparing for the Unusual: Ethics in Routine and Emergency Practice”

 

Benjamin Berkman, Georgetown University

“Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: Ethics of Utilizing Public Health nterventions in an Emergency”

Question and Answer

 

Panel 5:  Workshop Summation and Next Steps (.mp3 audio available)

Robert M. Pestronk, President-elect, NACCHO

 

Omur Cinar Elci, Associate Editor, J Public Health Management & Practice

Pat Libbey, Executive Director, NACCHO

 

This Workshop was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NACCHO, and the Center for Law, Ethics, and Health at the University of Michigan