Public Health Research

Drue H. Barrett; Leonard W. Ortmann; Natalie Brown; Barbara R. DeCausey; Carla Saenz; Angus Dawson

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23847-0_9

Public Health Research

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In: Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2016. Chapter 9.

2016 Apr 13.

Authors

Drue H. Barrett¹, Leonard W. Ortmann¹, Natalie Brown², Barbara R. DeCausey³, Carla Saenz⁴, Angus Dawson⁵

Book Editors

Drue H. Barrett¹, Leonard W. Ortmann², Angus Dawson³, Carla Saenz⁴, Andreas Reis⁵, Gail Bolan⁶

Affiliations

¹ Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
² Human Research Protections Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
³ Clinical Research Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
⁴ Regional Program on Bioethics, Office of Knowledge Management, Bioethics, and Research, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA
⁵ Center for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Book Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
² Centers fo Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
³ Center for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
⁴ Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA
⁵ Global Health Ethics, Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland
⁶ Division of STD Prevention National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Excerpt

Having a scientific basis for the practice of public health is critical. Research leads to insight and innovations that solve health problems and is therefore central to public health worldwide. For example, in the United States research is one of the ten essential public health services (Public Health Functions Steering Committee 1994). The s of the Ethical Practice of Public, developed by the Public Health Leadership Society (2002), emphasizes the value of having a scientific basis for action. Principle five specifically calls on public health to seek the information needed to carry out effective policies and programs that protect and promote health.

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