Governance of ethical issues in public health surveillance： an interpretation based on the Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2024.10.06
- VernacularTitle:公共卫生监测伦理治理研究——基于《关于公共卫生监测伦理问题指南》的解读
- Author:
Yanting PAN
1
;
Zaifeng YANG
1
Author Information
1. College of Teacher Education，Wuzhou University，Wuzhou 543002，China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
public health;
health surveillance;
health surveillance ethics
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2024;37(10):1160-1167
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Disease surveillance is a fundamental activity of public health and the basis for action to promote human well-being at the population level. Public health surveillance is the foundation of responding to the outbreak and spread of the epidemic. The Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance， as a model for the ethical governance in international public health surveillance， clarifies the ethical essence of public health surveillance and the development process of health surveillance， as well as systematically and comprehensively discusses the public health surveillance， including ethical orientation： constructing a robust public health surveillance system； ethical supervision： establishing effective mechanisms and continuous review； data ethics： building safe and reliable big data-driven surveillance； moral orientation： constructing a trust foundation and community participation model for surveillance； harm mitigation and public trust： the moral obligations and risk management of surveillance； protection of special groups： ethics and practical equity in public health surveillance； data security： protection of big data in surveillance informatization； rational application of identity recognition data： the balance between technology and ethics in surveillance； informed consent： the balance between ethical principles and community interests； communicating results： the ethical balance of transparency， social responsibility， and privacy protection； sharing and protection： ethical challenges and prioritization principles of parsing data； ethics and responsibility： morality and research ethical governance principles for sharing surveillance data. These guidelines can provide useful references for ethical policy documents in public health surveillance in China.
