Following more than two years of reflection within Santé publique France on the challenges of ethics in public health, the agency organised an initial seminar on 28 November 2023 to lay the foundations for establishing a suitable ethical approach for the conduct of its missions to protect and improve population health. This day marks the culmination of a decade-long process initiated in conjunction with the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee (CED), which has included actions to raise awareness, internal consultations in 2017 and 2018, a focus session at the Rencontres de Santé publique France institutional event in 2019 and an issue of the journal La Santé en action dedicated to ethics, prevention and health promotion published in 2020 (Bungener et al., 2020). This seminar represents a milestone and not an end in itself. The collective reflection and questioning generated will form the impetus for more concrete work to establish a pragmatic and deliberative ethical approach at Santé publique France. The support and guidance provided by the CED, chaired by Grégory Aiguier, have been essential for the undertaking of this project and to the development of ethical guidance for project analysis at Santé publique France. This guidance was presented during the seminar. This seminar, which adopted a reflective approach, was preceeded by three preparatory thematic workshops that took place between November 2022 and June 2023. These were accompanied by two qualitative interview sessions with professionals and experts in public health or ethics : one was held with staff from Santé publique France and the other with external specialists. Their findings are presented here by the interviewers themselves. The discussions that took place at the Public Health Ethics seminar drew on this wealth of material to identify relevant teachings and map out the way forward. Despite being primarily designed for internal purposes, this project represents an opportunity to bring together our partners (French Directorate General for Health, other agencies in France and abroad, etc.) to address matters of public health ethics and to implement such an approach within a national public health agency setting. This project is also an opportunity to publicise the work carried out and put it into perspective beyond Santé publique France.
Auteur : Lee Lisa M., Kinsman John, Chambaud Laurent, Viso Anne-Catherine, Desenclos Jean-Claude, Bendiane Marc-Karim, Vignollet Clarisse, Witz Frédéric, Aiguier Grégory, Désy Michel, Ledrans Martine, Semaille Caroline
Année de publication
: 2024
Pages : 48 p.
Collection : Paroles d'experts
