If the educational program is used as a research study, what are the possible benefits and risks to the experimental participants?
As public health professionals, do Dr. Albert and Dr. Baines have ethical obligations to other populations within their community? How about outside the community? Which obligation should be their highest priority, the subset of men who have sex with men, their whole community, or populations outside their community?
On what basis is the public health agency justified in advancing interventions that target only a subgroup of the community?
Step 2: Formulate Alternative Courses of Action and Evaluate their Ethical Dimensions
What is the appropriate public health goal in this situation? Providing an intervention that will improve the health of the members of their community, or doing research to create new knowledge that could impact many communities?
If the educational program is used as a research study, what are the possible benefits and risks to the experimental participants? What are the possible risks and benefits to the control group?
Based on your answer to the first question, is approval from an IRB necessary?
Step 3: Provide Justification for a Particular Public Health Decision
Should this project go forward as a research study or as an intervention?
What is the justification for your decision? (Which ethical principles take priority and why?)
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