Assignment

Ethics in Public Health Case Study

Step 1: Select one of the following case studies for your paper:

Jennings, B., Kahn, J., Mastroianni, A., and Parker, L. S. (n.d.). Ethics and public health: Model curriculum. Retrieved from http://www.aspph.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/EthicsCurriculum.pdf

Module 4: Community-based practice and research: collaboration and sharing power

Introductory information: p. 103-117 (14 pages)

Case Study 1: Providing culturally appropriate services in a changing community p. 119-122 (4 pages)

Question Sheet

Module 7: Ethical issues in environmental and occupational health.

Introductory Information: p. 157-168 (10 pages)

Case Study 1: Environmental Injustice in Homer, Louisiana: p. 170-173 (4 pages)

Question Sheet

Module 9: Public health and health system reform: access, priority setting, and allocation of resources

Introductiory Information: p. 241-252 (12 pages)

Case Study 3: Making cuts in a health department budget: p. 256 and p. 263-267 (6 pages)

Question Sheet

Step 2: Download the question sheet for your selected case and address them in a Q/A format, using complete sentences. Please know that although this is not a formal written paper, you still use APA formatting:

Double-spaced with 1-inch margins

Separate title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student's name

Course name and number

Instructor's name

Date submitted

Reference page formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

Citations as required according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

Must use at least two additional sources to support your answers to the case study questions (this does not include the case itself or the textbook)

MY CHOICE: MODULE 9 Public health and health system reform: access, priority setting, and allocation of resources

Module 9: Case Study 3

Making Cuts in a Health Department Budget

1. Explain how the four bioethical principles should guide budgetary decisions in the public health realm. The bioethical principles are autonomy, beneficence, maleficence, and justice.

2. Examine how these final decisions were made in terms of: who should have a voice in this decision, how many and which stakeholders should be involved, what rules of discourse should be followed and how would you reach that final decision (i.e. what is the deciding factor).

3. Describe the ethical norms that should be essential in making a decision about reducing or expanding a public health budget?

4. Page 256 of the case study shows the service areas that are most affected by the budget cuts. Select two of these areas and determine a "no cost" alternative to reduce the negative effects of this service reduction/elimination. (A more detailed view of the specific elements being cut can be found on pages 263 and 264 of the case study.)

5. Imagine you suddenly came into enough funding to reinstate one of the bulleted items on pages 263-264. Reviewing these elements under the four bioethical principles, which (if any) would you add back into the budget and why? If you did not add any of these back into the budget, what would you do with the extra funds? Explain to your stakeholders why you came to your conclusion.

References

(Sources must be cited correctly in APA style according to the Ashford Writing Center. Below are examples of how to cite various types of documents in APA style. Please visit the Ashford Writing Center for more details on using APA style, or visit https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1/.)

Article in journal:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy

Article from and online periodical:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from

http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Chapter/section of a web document or online book chapter

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In Title of book or larger document (chapter or section number). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Nonperiodical web document or report:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http:// www.someaddress.com/full/url/