The instructor will introduce students to current public health agendas that employ a process approach to outlining and assessing needs, prioritizing services and funding allocations, and evaluating the same on an on-going basis. Where possible, students will either contact local public health agencies or advisory bodies for information on how this is carried out in their own communities, or the instructor will arrange for a guest representative from such resources to address the class. Students will then consider how and at what point bio-ethical concerns may be factored into the process. With the instructor's help, the class will conclude this activity by formulating a flow-chart showing this inclusion.