Study Group - Ethics Flashcards
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What are the 8 areas of responsibility for HES?
- Assessment & capacity
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation & research
- Advocacy
- Communication
- Leadership & managment
- Ethics & professionalism
What are ethics?
Principles or rules that provide guidance for behaviors that may be classified as right or wrong
What code of ethics do HES follow?
Unified Code of Ethics approved by CNHEO
What does HES code of ethics tell others?
Tells the public what they should expect from the practitioner/HES
What does CNHEO stand for?
Coalition of National Health Education Organizations
What are ethical dilemmas?
Issues with 2 sides that involve a judgement of right or wrong
What responsibilities are include in The Cod of Ethics HES must follow?
- Responsibility to the public
- Responsibility to the profession
- Responsibility to Employers
- Responsibility in delivery of health education/promotion
- Responsibility in research & evaluation
- Responsibility in professional preparation & continuing education
Ethical frameworks that are applied in planning programs
- Autonomy
- Criticality
- Egalitarian
- Needs based
- Resource sensitivity
- Utilitarian
Ethical principles in program planning/implementation
- Using most recent data and/or theories
- Using best evidence-based practices
Ethical principles in program Evaluation/Research
- IRB consultation to review research
What are the participant responsibilities of HES?
- Respect for autonomy
- Promotion of social justice
- Active promotion for good & avoidance of harm
What is IRB responsible for?
- Upholding integrity & ethics of the profession
- Approve, monitor, & review research/evaluation involving humans
- Performs oversight functions that are scientific, ethical, & regulatory
What does IRB support?
Worth, dignity, potential, & uniqueness of all people
What is IRB also known as?
Independent ethics committee
What does the Belmont Report summarize?
Ethical principles & guidelines for protection of human subjects
What are the 3 basic ethical principles in the Belmont Report?
- Respect for persons
- Beneficence
- Justice
HES responsibility in research & evaluation
- Ensure participation is voluntary utilizing informed consent
- Follow IRB protocols
- Respect privacy, rights, & dignity of participants
- All information is confidential
- Take credit for only work they have done
- Report results of research/evaluation objectively, accurately, & in timely manner
- Promote & disseminate results via appropriate formats
- Foster translation of research into practice
What is informed consent?
- Allows participants to choose what will/won’t happen to them
- Indicates their choice of participation
What is included on informed consent form?
- Nature & purpose of program
- Any risks/dangers due to program
- Any possible discomfort they may experience due to program
- Expected benefits of program
- Alternative programs/procedures with same results
- Option of discontinuing participation at any time
What does HIPPA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
What is offered under HIPPA law?
Rules/regulations on data privacy, integrity, & availability
Why is there a HIPPA section on informed consent forms?
- Allows HES/researchers to use participant data
- Provides what types of personal identifiers or PHI is collected, how it is protected, & who has access
What does PHI stand for?
Personal health information
What are some types of research misconduct?
- Plagiarism - using other people’s work without giving them credit
- Fabrication - making up results & reporting them
- Falsification - Changing/omitting data or manipulating results