PUBH 302 Public Health Ethics

5 credits

This course focuses on ethical issues in public health and health care policy. This includes health care rights, resource allocation issues, individual autonomy versus population health promotion, privacy and human subjects’ protection in public health data and research, and the use of summary measures to drive policy.

Prerequisites: Admission to the BAS in Public Health program

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe the core ethical commitments of public health
Recognize the moral values at stake in a variety of public health issues
Effectively debate the pros and cons of different ethical approaches for selected public health issues
Research and develop an ethical position regarding specific topics
Develop a morally sound strategy for resolving conflicts between competing values

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcome:

Investigate concepts in public health ethics and healthcare leadership and management, including the right to health care, public health research/bioethics, social justice, economic impacts, conflict between autonomy and health promotion strategies, and public health theory and practice

College-Wide Learning Outcomes
This course teaches to the college-wide learning outcome of Critical Thinking, the ability to evaluate information, draw inferences, arrive at conclusions, and create solutions based on objective analysis of the evidence.

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50