How do ethical issues in population health evolve?
What is the link between social justice and public health?
What consequences result from a particular ethical issue? What about unintended consequences? Future population health impacts?
What is “oughtness”? Have you had an experience where situations or dynamics “ought” to be one way, but were really another?
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Watch the video below, First principles of health justice: a human right to be healthy.(youTube)
This video provides you with a good overview of the principles that are required for health to be a human right. As you watch this video, think about the following questions:
Does every human have a right to be healthy?
What is health justice?
What is the connection between social epidemiology and human rights?
Duration: 14:46
Step 2
After you watch the video above, your assignment is to review and reflect on one of the topics below.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Holocaust Genocide
Rwandan Genocide or Genocide in the Darfur Region of Sudan
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Current climate of social unrest in U.S. society today
Racism as a determinant of health
Ukrainian humanitarian crisis
Gun violence in the US
Abortion rights in the US
Current state of immigration in the US
Step 3
After you select your topic, research and review two sources and address the questions listed below.
Step 4
This assignment requires you to discuss an ethical situation and reflect on that topic. You are required to respond to each question below with a minimum of three complete sentences. Answer/address each of the questions below:
What is the topic or issue you chose from the list above? List the two evidence-based resources you accessed in order to research this topic.
How did the issue evolve? Include a brief overview of the situation.
How is/was the topic you selected harmful to society, either from immediate and long-lasting perspectives?
What component(s) will be/is relevant to you in practice, or as you move forward in your career? For example, what is your main takeaway and how will that impact you as a public health or healthcare professional?
Finally, share a personal story or experience that impacted you from an ethical “oughtness” perspective. Have you had an experience in your own life where a situation or dynamic was intended, or “ought” to be one way, but was really another?
Reminders
Do NOT use artificial intelligence for this assignment.
No use of quoted content (i.e., quotations from evidence-based resources or other resources). This work is to be done IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
