Teaching Ethics in Epidemiology and Public Health: A Bibliography

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The initial version of this bibliography was prepared in November 2011 by Midian Ambo, a graduate student in the University of Miami’s Department of Public Health Sciences, with support from the American College of Epidemiology. 

Please send additions and comments to ethics@miami.edu. 

2000 
  • Salerno J, Coughlin SS, Goodman KW, Hlaing WM. Current ethical and social issues in epidemiology. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 Apr; 80:3742. Epub 2023 Feb 8. PMID: 36758845. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.02.001
  • Abraham A, Gille D, Puhan MA, Ter Riet G, von Wyl V, the International Consortium on Teaching Epidemiology {Hlaing WM listed as a member of International Consortium on Teaching Epidemiology]. Defining core competences for epidemiologists in academic settings to tackle tomorrow’s health research challenges: a structured, multi-national effort. International Consortium on Teaching Epidemiology. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2021;190(3):343352. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa209
  • Goodman KW, Prineas R. Ethics curricula in epidemiology. In: Coughlin SS, ed. Ethics and Epidemiology. Third Edition, New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2021:223-244.DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197587058.003.0010
  • Hlaing WM, Kushch NA, Wells AE, Goodman KW. Common topics discerned in ethics in epidemiology and public health syllabi: in-depth review. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Aug; 60:31-34. Epub 2021 Apr 29. PMID: 33932571. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.04.014  
  • Hlaing WM, Schmidt RD, Ahn S, Samet JM, Brownson RC. A Snapshot of Doctoral Training in Epidemiology: Positioning Us for the Future. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 1;189(10):1154-1162. PMID:32383443. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa069
  • D'Agostino, E, Hlaing WM, Stark JH. Teaching on the continuum: Epidemiology education From high school through graduate school. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2019; 188(6):979-986. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwz059
  • Hlaing WM, Saddemi J, Goodman KW. Expanding ethics curriculum resources: American College of Epidemiology’s syllabus collection project. Annals of Epidemiology, 2019; 38:1-3. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.08.009
  • Salerno J, Peters ES, Morain S, Pinney SM, Hlaing WM. Untangling the Ethical Intersection of Epidemiology, Human Subjects Research and Public Health. Annals of Epidemiology, 2019; 34:1-5, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.03.009
  • Doudenkova V, Bélisle-Pipon J-C, Ringuette L, Ravitsky V, Williams-Jones B. Ethics education in public health: where are we now and where are we going? International Journal of Ethics Education 2017; 2(2):109-124. DOI: 10.1007/s40889-017-0038-y.
  • Lee LM, Wright B, Semaan S. Expected ethical competencies of public health professionals and graduate curricula in accredited schools of public health in North America. American Journal of Public Health 2013;103(5):938-942. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300680.
  • Agee B, Gimbel RW. Assessing the legal and ethical preparedness of Master of Public Health graduates. American Journal of Public Health 2009;99(8):1505-1509. PMID: 18633077. PMCID: PMC2707490. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.133173
  • Klugman C. A tale of two fields: public health ethics. Monash Bioethics Review. 2008;27(1-2):56-64. DOI: 10.1007/BF03351296.
  • Thomas JC. Skills for the ethical practice of public health. Public Health Leadership Society. 2004. PMID: 15829842. DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200505000-00014
  • Thomas JC. Teaching ethics in schools of public health. Public Health Reports 2003;118(3):279-286. PMID: 12766224. PMCID: PMC1497543. DOI: 10.1093/phr/118.3.279
  • Kessel AS. Public health ethics: teaching survey and critical review. Social Science & Medicine 2003;56(7):1439-1445. PMID: 12614695. DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00140-5
  • Callahan D, Jennings B. Ethics and public health: forging a strong relationship. American Journal of Public Health 2002;92(2):169-176. PMID: 11818284. PMCID: PMC1447035. DOI: 10.2105/ajph.92.2.169

1990 

  • Coughlin SS, Katz WH, Mattison DR. Ethics instruction at schools of public health in the United States. American Journal of Public Health 1999;89(5):768-770. PMCID: PMC1508720. PMID: 10224994. DOI: 10.2105/ajph.89.5.768
  • Coughlin SS. Model curricula in public health ethics. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 1996;12(4):247-251. DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(18)30320-9
  • Annette MR, Goodmonson S. A BRIEF ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION: Are ethical topics in epidemiology included in the graduate epidemiology curricula? American Journal of Epidemiology 1995;142(12):1265-1268. PMID: 7503046. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117593

1970 

  • Bluestone NR. Teaching of ethics in schools of public health. American Journal of Public Health 1976;66(5):478-479. DOI: 10.2105/ajph.66.5.478

See also the webpage for ACE's Ethics Committee.

 

 

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