Weekly Reflection Activity 5

Weekly Reflection Activity #5 Student Name Institution Professor Name Course Date Weekly Reflection Activity #5 * SPE 461 – Spring, 2024 • Weekly Reflection Activity #5 * * For this week, you will select one question from at least two of the Chapter Summary Guides (4, 5, or 37) Extension Activities listed below. * Make sure you highlight the questions that you wish to address. * Please answer the question in a comprehensive manner to get FULL CREDIT. * Good luck! * * Chapter Four: Newborn Screening - Extension Activities * 1 In a small group, discuss some of the legal, ethical, and social concerns that have to be balanced in newborn screening. How have some of those been resolved? What might some of the future concerns be? Neonatal screening is a crucial public health program that aims to identify conditions in newborns early so that timely interventions can be done. Even so, this creates numerous legal, ethical, and moral problems which necessitate careful judgment. The right to information and parental consent is of particular interest in this case. While neonatal screening usually needs to be performed, there are those parents who hold traditional or religious values that do not allow them to opt for neonatal tests (Batshaw et al., 2019). It takes ethical character to strike a balance between the authority of parents, the issue of their children's well-being, and acceptable societal interests. There are also problems of data utilization and storage related to neonatal screening. Security and protection of such highly entangled data is of utmost importance. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of the acts that govern patients’ health information, and it is one of the processes that will be implemented to address some of the challenges (Batshaw et al., 2019). There are several risks associated with this test, including incorrect diagnoses or false positives or negatives that might put families through needless stress. Preventive measures, quality assurance techniques, and follow-up processes are compiled into one clear plan. Lack of equitable neonatal screening and ...