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Item The internist's role in the firearm public health crisis(2018-02-23) Brinker, StephanieItem Medical ethics related to child abuse: evaluations, diagnoses, and reporting(2024-02-13) Lowen, Deborah E.For medical practitioners encountering situations of child abuse or neglect, the subject matter itself can be difficult and even traumatizing. The ethical issues that arise add to the discomfort for those involved with these cases. Through case vignettes, this webinar will discuss some of the more common ethical dilemmas, such as determining a plan for medical evaluations related to abuse, formulating medical diagnoses, and responding to mandatory reporting laws. The relationship of these ethical issues to concerns about the roles and functioning of child welfare agencies will also be addressed.Item The need for evidence and values-informed policy making: the case for public engagement(2013-04-09) Bernier, Roger H.We are living in a very angry and divisive time in our national life. The polarization is preventing us from reaching agreements about needed solutions to important and urgent public problems, including many public health challenges. Examples are disagreements about how best to lower obesity rates, respond to climate change, achieve gun control, provide vaccinations on time, screen appropriately for prostate and breast cancer, and many others. We are failing to translate our investments in research into useful policy actions, and public health is severely diminished because of it. Such policy disagreements can persist despite the existence of a large body of compelling evidence for action. The stalemates reveal that data alone are insufficient to produce effective and sustainable solutions to public health problems. Such solutions must take into consideration both facts and core public values, yet we have no established methods for uncovering relevant public values and working through values differences on science policy issues. A more team-oriented vision of science and policy development is needed that can produce the meaningful exchanges between scientists and members of the affected populations which can lead in turn to effective translation of research into policy and practice.