Ethics for Health Promotion and Health Education

Dr. Vogelzang is the current Trustee of Ethics and Research for the Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) and former chair of the Ethics Committee for the AND. She has a PhD from Walden University in Health Services with a specialty in Community Health and is an associate professor in Allied Health Sciences at Grand Valley State University. She has presented nationally on topics related to health profession ethics. Dr. Vogelzang was the editor for the first edition of Home Health Care Nutrition published by a practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). In addition, she was the editor of the Nutrition Section of the Home Healthcare Now Journal for three years, and a contributing author to the CNHEO 2020 Code of Ethics. Vogelzang served on the Board of Editors of the Pedagogy in Health Promotion journal for two terms.

SECTION 1: A CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF ETHICS 1. Ethics and the Health Professions 2. Common Goals to Improve the Human Environment 3. Introduction to Ethical Principles 4. Ethics vs. Morals as Applicable to Health Education and Health Promotion 5. Daily Challenges in Ethical Decision Making 6. Ethics and the Media

SECTION 2: APPLYING THE CNHEO CODE OF ETHICS 7. Professional Boundaries, Autonomy, and Competence 8. Building Trust in Vulnerable and Under-Resourced Communities 9. Communicating Health Promotion Up and Down-Stream 10. Health Promotion and Education Ethics in Client and Patient Advocacy 11. Ethical Approaches to Service, Research, Publication and Presentation 12. Ethical Considerations of Program Assessment, Implementation and Evaluation 13. Health Promotion Considerations in Working with Children and Adolescents 14. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Dignity in Health Promotion and Health Education 15. Conclusion and Summary