questions below: PMCID: PMC2374810 Ethics in Public Health Research: Privacy
and Public Health at Risk: Public Health Confidentiality in the Digital Age.
Meyers, Frieden, Bherwani and Henning.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374810/
As a public health director in a small county, you must
maintain records that track diabetes rates, the incidence of HIV, and
immunization records. Recently, there have been at least two breeches when
computers were stolen from employees or an outside hacker broke into the system
and downloaded data. Now you must write an open letter addressing the community
and explain how the department is going to protect the information. I need help
in addressing the following questions.
a. Explaining why the health department collects this
information conveying the idea of how it serves the greater good. (applying
critical thinking)
b. Discussing the public’s interest in privacy and why this
is important in our society.
c. Discussing why the department needs to infringe on the
community’s privacy.
d. Explaining how the department might ensure greater
security.
e. Identifying at least one applicable regulation, statute,
or source that supports the ability of the department to collect this
information.
f. Scholarly references (3-4)
