Examine Legal and Ethical Issues
Order Description
Discussion 1: Examine Legal and Ethical Issues
To Prepare for this Discussion:
• Review Chapter 8 of the Doyle text and Chapter 12 of the McKenzie text. Think about the potential ethical and legal issues that could occur during the implementation
of your public health program.
• Review Appendix F of the Doyle text and consider the role of the health educator in upholding the integrity and ethics of the public health profession.
• Think about strategies you may utilize to address ethical and legal issues related to your public health program.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post a brief explanation of two possible ethical and two possible legal issues that may arise with the implementation of your public health program.
Then explain one strategy you might use to address one of the ethical and one of the legal issues.
Note: Initial postings must be 250–350 words (not including references).
REQUIRED READING
Readings
• Doyle, E. L., Ward, S. E., & Oomen-Early, J. (2010). The process of community health education and promotion. Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland Press.
o Chapter 8, “Implementation Processes”
o Chapter 12, “Advocating for Community Health Needs”
o Appendix F, “Code of Ethics for the Health Education Profession”
• McKenzie, J. F., Neiger, B. L., & Thackeray, R. (2013). Planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion programs (6th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson.
o Chapter 11, “Marketing: Developing Programs That Respond to the Wants and Needs of the Priority Population”
o Chapter 12, “Implementation: Strategies and Associated Concerns”
Optional Resources
• Nihiser, A. J., Lee S. M., Wechsler H., McKenna M., Odom E., Reinold C.,. . . Grummer-Strawn L. (2007). Body mass index measurement in schools. Journal of School
Health, 77(10), 651–671.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Raczynski, J., Phillips, M., Bursac, A., Pulley, L., & West, D. (2005). Establishing a baseline to evaluate Act 1220 of 2003: An act of the Arkansas General Assembly
to combat childhood obesity. Retrieved from http://www.uams.edu/coph/reports/2004Act12202003Y1Eval.pdf
• Szwarc, S. (2008). Remember the BMI report card debate? Junkfood Science. Retrieved from http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/09/remember-bmi-report-card-
debate.html
Scholarly Research on the Effects of the Meth Project
• Anderson, D. M. (2010). Does information matter? The effect of the meth project on meth use among youths. Journal of Health Economics 29(5), 732–742.
• Dickinson, E. A., (2009). The Montana meth project: Applying Burke’s dramatistic pentad to a persuasive anti-drug media campaign. Communication Teacher, 23(3), 126–
131.
• Erceg-Hurn, D. M. (2008). Drugs, money, and graphic ads: A critical review of the Montana meth project. Prevention Science, 9(4), 256–263.
• Zernike, K. (2006, February 26). With scenes of blood and pain, ads battle methamphetamine in Montana. The New York Times. Retrieved from
http://ssmweb.net/MontanaMeth
• National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). Making health communication programs work. Retrieved February 10, 2012, from
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cancerlibrary/pinkbook/Pink_Book.pdf
• Meth Project Foundation. (2011). Retrieved from http://foundation.methproject.org
