Author: Robert Hess
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781560240198
Category : Mental health services
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Here is the first systematic and focused treatment of the ethical implications of primary prevention practice and research. This important volume reviews historical precedents, assesses current practice, and points to future directions concerning the ethical implications of primary prevention interventions and research. It provides a philosophical framework for the consideration of the ethical issues involved when preventionists intervene to "do good." The primary prevention movement has gained increasing momentum across a wide variety of mental health ans social service fields, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, psychiatric nursing, and public health. Because of the primitive state of development of the field of primary prevention, many planned social interventions are, necessarily, based upon hunches, thus exposing citizens to interventions whose outcomes are not altogether assured. Although there is wide acknowledgment that ethical considerations should be significant in determining preventionists'actions, scant attention has been paid to the ethical implications of this rapidly growing area of practice and research. Minimal literature exists that addresses the ethical implications of preventive interventions in the human services, and training programs give short shrift to the issue. Professional codes of ethics also do not address the unique issues of primary prevention, focusing instead on the more traditional direct practice roles. In beginning to suggest how ethical standards for prevention research and practice can be developed, this volume will stimulate discussion and fram the future debate about ethical behavior by preventionists. Even more important, preventionists will no longer be able to discount or omit ethical considerations as they conceptualize and implement their work. Ethical Implications of Primary Prevention contains provocative chapters--from a variety of perspectives--that will promote a spirited debate about the real impact of preventionists'actions.
Ethical Implications of Primary Prevention
Author: Robert Hess
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781560240198
Category : Mental health services
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Here is the first systematic and focused treatment of the ethical implications of primary prevention practice and research. This important volume reviews historical precedents, assesses current practice, and points to future directions concerning the ethical implications of primary prevention interventions and research. It provides a philosophical framework for the consideration of the ethical issues involved when preventionists intervene to "do good." The primary prevention movement has gained increasing momentum across a wide variety of mental health ans social service fields, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, psychiatric nursing, and public health. Because of the primitive state of development of the field of primary prevention, many planned social interventions are, necessarily, based upon hunches, thus exposing citizens to interventions whose outcomes are not altogether assured. Although there is wide acknowledgment that ethical considerations should be significant in determining preventionists'actions, scant attention has been paid to the ethical implications of this rapidly growing area of practice and research. Minimal literature exists that addresses the ethical implications of preventive interventions in the human services, and training programs give short shrift to the issue. Professional codes of ethics also do not address the unique issues of primary prevention, focusing instead on the more traditional direct practice roles. In beginning to suggest how ethical standards for prevention research and practice can be developed, this volume will stimulate discussion and fram the future debate about ethical behavior by preventionists. Even more important, preventionists will no longer be able to discount or omit ethical considerations as they conceptualize and implement their work. Ethical Implications of Primary Prevention contains provocative chapters--from a variety of perspectives--that will promote a spirited debate about the real impact of preventionists'actions.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781560240198
Category : Mental health services
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Here is the first systematic and focused treatment of the ethical implications of primary prevention practice and research. This important volume reviews historical precedents, assesses current practice, and points to future directions concerning the ethical implications of primary prevention interventions and research. It provides a philosophical framework for the consideration of the ethical issues involved when preventionists intervene to "do good." The primary prevention movement has gained increasing momentum across a wide variety of mental health ans social service fields, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, psychiatric nursing, and public health. Because of the primitive state of development of the field of primary prevention, many planned social interventions are, necessarily, based upon hunches, thus exposing citizens to interventions whose outcomes are not altogether assured. Although there is wide acknowledgment that ethical considerations should be significant in determining preventionists'actions, scant attention has been paid to the ethical implications of this rapidly growing area of practice and research. Minimal literature exists that addresses the ethical implications of preventive interventions in the human services, and training programs give short shrift to the issue. Professional codes of ethics also do not address the unique issues of primary prevention, focusing instead on the more traditional direct practice roles. In beginning to suggest how ethical standards for prevention research and practice can be developed, this volume will stimulate discussion and fram the future debate about ethical behavior by preventionists. Even more important, preventionists will no longer be able to discount or omit ethical considerations as they conceptualize and implement their work. Ethical Implications of Primary Prevention contains provocative chapters--from a variety of perspectives--that will promote a spirited debate about the real impact of preventionists'actions.
Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe
Author: Drue H. Barrett
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319238463
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Open Access book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health. It is also a tool to support instruction, debate, and dialogue regarding public health ethics. Although the practice of public health has always included consideration of ethical issues, the field of public health ethics as a discipline is a relatively new and emerging area. There are few practical training resources for public health practitioners, especially resources which include discussion of realistic cases which are likely to arise in the practice of public health. This work discusses these issues on a case to case basis and helps create awareness and understanding of the ethics of public health care. The main audience for the casebook is public health practitioners, including front-line workers, field epidemiology trainers and trainees, managers, planners, and decision makers who have an interest in learning about how to integrate ethical analysis into their day to day public health practice. The casebook is also useful to schools of public health and public health students as well as to academic ethicists who can use the book to teach public health ethics and distinguish it from clinical and research ethics.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319238463
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Open Access book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health. It is also a tool to support instruction, debate, and dialogue regarding public health ethics. Although the practice of public health has always included consideration of ethical issues, the field of public health ethics as a discipline is a relatively new and emerging area. There are few practical training resources for public health practitioners, especially resources which include discussion of realistic cases which are likely to arise in the practice of public health. This work discusses these issues on a case to case basis and helps create awareness and understanding of the ethics of public health care. The main audience for the casebook is public health practitioners, including front-line workers, field epidemiology trainers and trainees, managers, planners, and decision makers who have an interest in learning about how to integrate ethical analysis into their day to day public health practice. The casebook is also useful to schools of public health and public health students as well as to academic ethicists who can use the book to teach public health ethics and distinguish it from clinical and research ethics.
Elder Abuse and Its Prevention
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309293545
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Elder Abuse and Its Prevention is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Prevention. Using an ecological framework, this workshop explored the burden of elder abuse around the world, focusing on its impacts on individuals, families, communities, and societies. Additionally, the workshop addressed occurrences and co-occurrences of different types of abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional, and financial, as well as neglect. The ultimate objective was to illuminate promising global and multisectoral evidence-based approaches to the prevention of elder maltreatment. While the workshop covered scope and prevalence and unique characteristics of abuse, the intention was to move beyond what is known about elder abuse to foster discussions about how to improve prevention, intervention, and mitigation of the victims' needs, particularly through collaborative efforts. The workshop discussions included innovative intervention models and opportunities for prevention across sectors and settings. Violence and related forms of abuse against elders is a global public health and human rights problem with far-reaching consequences, resulting in increased death, disability, and exploitation with collateral effects on well-being. Data suggest that at least 10 percent of elders in the United States are victims of elder maltreatment every year. In low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of violence is the greatest, the figure is likely even higher. In addition, elders experiencing risk factors such as diminishing cognitive function, caregiver dependence, and social isolation are more vulnerable to maltreatment and underreporting. As the world population of adults aged 65 and older continues to grow, the implications of elder maltreatment for health care, social welfare, justice, and financial systems are great. However, despite the magnitude of global elder maltreatment, it has been an underappreciated public health problem. Elder Abuse and Its Prevention discusses the prevalence and characteristics of elder abuse around the world, risk factors for abuse and potential adverse health outcomes, and contextually specific factors, such as culture and the role of the community.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309293545
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Elder Abuse and Its Prevention is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Prevention. Using an ecological framework, this workshop explored the burden of elder abuse around the world, focusing on its impacts on individuals, families, communities, and societies. Additionally, the workshop addressed occurrences and co-occurrences of different types of abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional, and financial, as well as neglect. The ultimate objective was to illuminate promising global and multisectoral evidence-based approaches to the prevention of elder maltreatment. While the workshop covered scope and prevalence and unique characteristics of abuse, the intention was to move beyond what is known about elder abuse to foster discussions about how to improve prevention, intervention, and mitigation of the victims' needs, particularly through collaborative efforts. The workshop discussions included innovative intervention models and opportunities for prevention across sectors and settings. Violence and related forms of abuse against elders is a global public health and human rights problem with far-reaching consequences, resulting in increased death, disability, and exploitation with collateral effects on well-being. Data suggest that at least 10 percent of elders in the United States are victims of elder maltreatment every year. In low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of violence is the greatest, the figure is likely even higher. In addition, elders experiencing risk factors such as diminishing cognitive function, caregiver dependence, and social isolation are more vulnerable to maltreatment and underreporting. As the world population of adults aged 65 and older continues to grow, the implications of elder maltreatment for health care, social welfare, justice, and financial systems are great. However, despite the magnitude of global elder maltreatment, it has been an underappreciated public health problem. Elder Abuse and Its Prevention discusses the prevalence and characteristics of elder abuse around the world, risk factors for abuse and potential adverse health outcomes, and contextually specific factors, such as culture and the role of the community.
Field Trials of Health Interventions
Author: Peter G. Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198732864
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Before new interventions are released into disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in field trials'. These may be complex and expensive undertakings, requiring the follow-up of hundreds, or thousands, of individuals, often for long periods. Descriptions of the detailed procedures and methods used in the trials that have been conducted have rarely been published. A consequence of this, individuals planning such trials have few guidelines available and little access to knowledge accumulated previously, other than their own. In this manual, practical issues in trial design and conduct are discussed fully and in sufficient detail, that Field Trials of Health Interventions may be used as a toolbox' by field investigators. It has been compiled by an international group of over 30 authors with direct experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of field trials in low and middle income countries and is based on their accumulated knowledge and experience. Available as an open access book via Oxford Medicine Online, this new edition is a comprehensive revision, incorporating the new developments that have taken place in recent years with respect to trials, including seven new chapters on subjects ranging from trial governance, and preliminary studies to pilot testing.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198732864
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Before new interventions are released into disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in field trials'. These may be complex and expensive undertakings, requiring the follow-up of hundreds, or thousands, of individuals, often for long periods. Descriptions of the detailed procedures and methods used in the trials that have been conducted have rarely been published. A consequence of this, individuals planning such trials have few guidelines available and little access to knowledge accumulated previously, other than their own. In this manual, practical issues in trial design and conduct are discussed fully and in sufficient detail, that Field Trials of Health Interventions may be used as a toolbox' by field investigators. It has been compiled by an international group of over 30 authors with direct experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of field trials in low and middle income countries and is based on their accumulated knowledge and experience. Available as an open access book via Oxford Medicine Online, this new edition is a comprehensive revision, incorporating the new developments that have taken place in recent years with respect to trials, including seven new chapters on subjects ranging from trial governance, and preliminary studies to pilot testing.
For-Profit Enterprise in Health Care
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036437
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036437
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Author: Ebbing Lautenbach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107153166
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
A clear, hands-on outline of best practices for infection prevention that directly improve patient outcomes across the healthcare continuum.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107153166
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
A clear, hands-on outline of best practices for infection prevention that directly improve patient outcomes across the healthcare continuum.
Primary Prevention in Mental Health
Author: Edison J. Trickett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Belmont Report
Author: United States. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
Author: American Nurses Association
Publisher: Nursesbooks.org
ISBN: 1558101764
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Pamphlet is a succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of individuals who enter the nursing profession, the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard, and an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society. Provides a framework for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.
Publisher: Nursesbooks.org
ISBN: 1558101764
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Pamphlet is a succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of individuals who enter the nursing profession, the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard, and an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society. Provides a framework for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.
Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion
Author: Thomas P. Gullotta
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780306472961
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Foundational topics such as history, ethics, and principles of primary prevention, as well as specific issues such as consultation, political issues, and financing. The second section addresses such topics as abuse, depression, eating disorders, HIV/AIDS, injuries, and religion and spirituality often dividing such topics into separate entries addressing childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780306472961
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Foundational topics such as history, ethics, and principles of primary prevention, as well as specific issues such as consultation, political issues, and financing. The second section addresses such topics as abuse, depression, eating disorders, HIV/AIDS, injuries, and religion and spirituality often dividing such topics into separate entries addressing childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.