Ethics

Question 1

Capwell, et al, 1999

Development of a Unified Code of Ethics for the Health Education Profession

Answer 1

1976: SOPHE Code of Ethics created +later refined by member input
1984: SOPHE + AAHE form committee to review/create CoE.SOPHE accepts created code and AAHE rejects.
1993: AAHE develops own code
1994: CNHEO pursues field-wide code.
1999: Profession-wide code of ethics approved!

*Living document to meet new challenges

Question 2

CNHEO, 2011

Code of Ethics

Answer 2

1. Responsibility to the Public
2. Responsibility to the Profession
3. Responsibility to Employers
4. Responsibility to Deliver HeD
5. Responsibility in Research + Evaluation
6. Responsibility in Professional Preparation

Question 3

Goldsmith, 2006

Ethics in HeD Issues, Concerns and Future Direction

Answer 3

Ethics = framework for profession + sound judgments

Role-modeling very imp. to get students to buy into CoE.

Challenges = Technology, Diversity, Confidentiality.

Issue = Many CHES don’t know about CoE. Don’t need to agree to CoE to be CHES.

Weakness = No accountability

Question 4

Telljohann, et al, 2001

Selected Ethical Issues in the Teaching of Health: Perceptions of Health Education Faculty

Answer 4

Ethics = study of right and wrong in human conduct

Majority in study believed that code of ethics does not deter from unethical teaching practices

Difference in how identities are perceived in ethics (jokes re: LGBT vs obese). How to address?

Question 5

Green et al, 1997

Participating in Health Education, Health Promotion, and Health Research by African Americans: Effects of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

Answer 5

Wide disparity in health status of African Americans due to low SES, behavioral factors, + factors associated with use of health services.

TSE created mistrust in A.A. community.

Imp to note how treatment and perceptions influence access to health. SJ issue.

Question 6

Doyle, 2000

Ethics and Professionalism among University Professors: Practical Guidelines for Student Interaction

Answer 6

Role-modeling ethics is v. imp. as profs influence students.

Ethics starts with thoughts and ends with actions. Must match.

Question 7

Price, 2001

Selected Ethical Issues in Research and Publication: perceptions of Health Education Faculty

Answer 7

Bad ethical decisions =
     Negative health outcomes
     Waste of limited resources
     Misdirected interventions 
     Bad representative of self and university

Bad ethics can be lack of formal training. Imp to teach.

Sanctions are supported but source of challenge (Org f/up, warning)

Question 8

Price, 2000

Answer 8

Code of Ethics = basis for formal training

Both informal (mentor/RM) and formal (classroom) needed