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Public Health Ethics and COVID-19: Selected Resources

Mar 30, 2021

COVID-19, News, Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications COVID-19, Publications Ethics

The NCCHPP has collected relevant resources that discuss ethical issues linked to COVID-19. Each resource is presented with a brief synthesis of what you will find in the document.Last updated in March, 2021. The resources are organized by category. Click to access...

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Repertoire – Ethics Frameworks for Public Health

Feb 10, 2021

Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics

We have compiled a list of ethics frameworks for public health, with links to the original documents (if they are freely available). In addition, we have produced 7 short, adapted summaries of frameworks that present their main elements in such a way that they can be...

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Webinar – Online Course: An Introduction to Public Health Ethics

Jan 27, 2021

Presentations, Presentations or Webinars Ethics, Public Health Ethics, Webinars

In this webinar, co-presented by the NCCHPP and the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT), we discussed how the NCCHPP’s free online course in public health ethics was developed and then we offered an overview of its content. Then in order...

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Public Health Ethics and COVID-19: Selected Websites

Oct 15, 2020

COVID-19, Publications, Publications COVID-19, Publications Ethics

Here you will find varied resources relevant to COVID-19 and ethics: a number of websites with multiple links or other resources.Last updated in October, 2020. American Medical AssociationCovid-19 (2019 novel coronavirus) Resource Center for...

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Online Course – An Introduction to Public Health Ethics

Oct 09, 2020

Online Course, Public Health Ethics

Registration Register Description Decision making in public health can be influenced by a number of factors including scientific evidence, budgetary opportunities and limitations, institutional norms, and ethical considerations, among other things. Bringing an ethical...

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An Ethics Framework for Analyzing Paternalism in Public Health Policies and Interventions

Jun 18, 2020

Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics

This document, based on a longer briefing note, is intended to help public health actors to conduct an ethical analysis of policies that are said to be paternalistic. Public health interventions are regularly accused of “paternalism,” because they tend to use the...

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