The Importance Of Consent In Public Health

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projects that have opposing viewpoints. A public health leader may encounter a potential conflict of interest when leading this project, which goal is to prevent and/or eliminate obesity, thereby reducing weight; and also leading a project, whose goal is to eliminate malnutrition, increase nutrition, and increase weight gain. Conflicts of interest may influence some public health leaders to leave or stop participating in one or both projects.
Consent
Consent is also an ethical issue that must be considered when implementing this project. Consent would be required by students and parents, due to the particular interventions. These interventions involve the revisions of certain parts of the Durham Public School curriculum, which may conflict with a person’s cultural viewpoints or current health status. This is why all aspects of the consent process would have to be successfully addressed. These aspects include the voluntary, competent, and informed portions (Burke and Friedman, 2011). …show more content…

According to Burke and Friedman (2011) awareness and understanding of cultural and religious practices are essential when working in public health organizations (Burke and Friedman, 2011). When implementing this project this ethical issue may arise due to the attempts to influence and /or change diet or food choices, which may conflict with participants religious or cultural