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Over the last decade there has been a noticeable increase in attention, on the part of public health scholars and professionals, to the important ethical challenges that arise in the context of public health policy, practice and research. This has arguably been a driver for the development of public health ethics (PHE) as both a specialized field of study in bioethics and a subject for professional education. But how is PHE taught in public health programs and schools? Are current educational approaches sufficient to provide future professionals with the necessary tools to address the diverse ethical challenges they will encounter? In this article, we examine the international public health and bioethics literatures regarding PHE education in public health programs and schools. Specifically, we 1) summarize the results from studies that describe PHE education in the United States, Europe, Canada and in some developing countries, 2) explore current attitudes and educational approaches toward ethics curricula in public health, and 3) identify and discuss reported barriers to PHE education. We conclude with some general recommendations and a research agenda to guide future work on implementing PHE into different public health programs.

How to engage the public in a reflection on the most pressing ethical issues of our time? What if part of the solution lies in adopting an interdisciplinary and collaborative strategy to shed light on critical issues in bioethics? An example is Art + Bioethique, an innovative project that brought together bioethicists, art historians and artists with the aim of expressing bioethics through arts in order to convey the "sensitive" aspect of many health ethics issues. The aim of this project was threefold: 1) to identify and characterize mechanisms for the meeting of arts and bioethics; 2) to experiment with and co-construct a dialogue between arts and bioethics; and 3) to initiate a public discussion on bioethical issues through the blending of arts and bioethics. In connection with an exhibition held in March 2016 at the Espace Projet, a non-profit art space in Montreal (Canada), the project developed a platform that combined artworks, essays and cultural & scientific mediation activities related to the work of six duos of young bioethics researchers and emerging artists. Each duo worked on a variety of issues, such as the social inclusion of disabled people, the challenges of practical applications of nanomedicine and regenerative medicine, and a holistic approach to contemporary diseases. This project, which succeeded in stimulating an interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration between bioethics and arts, is an example of an innovative approach to knowledge transfer that can move bioethics reflection into the public space.

In deploying a public health ethics framework to analyze mandatory influenza vaccination programs (MVP) for health care personnel, Antommaria (2013) provides a new perspective that substantially en...

Comment engager le public dans une réflexion sur les enjeux éthiques de notre époque? Guidés par cette question, nous avons développé une plateforme d’échange avec la communauté sur des questions bioéthiques à travers une exposition artistique ainsi qu’une série d’activités de médiation culturelle et scientifique pour les adultes et les enfants. Ce dossier thématique dresse le compte-rendu de ce projet. Art + Bioéthique repose sur une stratégie interdisciplinaire et collaborative qui a amené six jeunes chercheurs en bioéthique à être jumelés à six artistes de la relève afin d’échanger et d’apporter un nouvel éclairage sur une variété d’enjeux éthiques liés à la santé. Ces duos artistes-chercheurs ont chacun développé une œuvre et un essai sur un thème commun. Notre objectif était de décloisonner l’art et la recherche académique en bioéthique afin de créer des formes hybrides et inédites de diffusion, d’éducation, d’expérimentation et de rencontre. L’expression de la bioéthique à travers l’art constitue une façon innovatrice de transmettre l’aspect sensible de tant de questions éthiques touchant à la santé et au bien-être. À travers ses divers volets, Art+Bioéthique a su rejoindre plusieurs centaines de personnes et les engager dans une réflexion éthique sur des enjeux au cœur de notre société., How should one engage the public in a reflection on the ethical issues of our time? Guided by this question, we developed a platform for exchange with the community on bioethical issues via an art exhibition and a series of cultural and scientific mediation activities for adults and children. This thematic dossier presents the report of the project. Art + Bioethics is based on an interdisciplinary and collaborative strategy that paired six young bioethics researchers with six emerging artists to share and shed new light on a variety of ethical issues related to health. These artist-researcher duos each developed a work and an essay on a common theme. Our goal was to break down barriers between art and academic research in bioethics and to create hybrids and new forms of dissemination, education, experimentation and meeting. The expression of bioethics through art represents an innovative way to transmit the sensitive aspect of so many ethical issues of health and well-being. Through its various components, Art + Bioethics was able to join several hundred people and engage in ethical reflection on issues that are at the heart of our society., Éditoral / Editorial