[EQ] Public Health Law Program

Public Health Law 101

 

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Website: http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/phl101/

 

CDC’s Public Health Law Program has developed this new, foundational course on public health law as a learning resource for public health practitioners, students, and others. The course comprises 9 slide lecture units for delivery by legal counsel to health departments and by other persons trained in law.

 

Scope: This course provides an introduction to fundamental principles of law, ethics, and the legal system as they frame public health practice in the United States

Contents: The course comprises 9 slide lecture units (see below) covering basic principles of law and topical areas in relation to front-line public health practice. Each unit is designed for delivery in approximately 1 hour, but can be expanded or abridged according the sponsoring program’s interests.

The course design is modeled on CDC’s “Public Health Emergency Law” course (also publicly available at www2.cdc.gov/phlp/phel.asp) and its contents have been adapted substantially from key elements contained in the CDC-developed text, “Law in Public Health Practice, Second Edition” published by Oxford University Press in 2007.

The 9 lecture units are:

·                               Unit 1: Key Concepts of U.S. Law in Public Health Practice

·                               Unit 2: Ethics and the Law

·                               Unit 3: Administrative Law

·                               Unit 4: Role of the Legal Counsel

·                               Unit 5: Law of Public Health Surveillance, Investigations, and Emergencies

·                               Unit 6: Privacy and Confidentiality

·                               Unit 7: Infectious Diseases

·                               Unit 8: Environmental Public Health, Occupational Health, and Injuries

·                               Unit 9: Chronic Diseases and Birth Defects (under development and not yet available)

Public Health Emergency Law 3.0 & Forensic Epidemiology 3.0 Training Curricula

Website: http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/phel.asp

Public Health Emergency Law 3.0 is targeted at public health practitioners and emergency management professionals to improve their understanding of the role of law in public health emergency response. Materials include three lecture units with PowerPoint slides, an interactive case study, and a Course Manager's Guide. Notes for instructors and other supplemental information are also included.

Forensic Epidemiology 3.0 is designed to help public health and law enforcement agencies strengthen their coordinated response to pandemic influenza and similar prevention disease outbreaks. Materials include a new CDC-developed case study on pandemic influenza as well as scenarios and training materials from other developers. The CD-ROM also contains the complete training resources developed for Forensic Epidemiology 1.0 focused on improving coordinated public health-law enforcement investigation of suspected bioterrorist events.

 

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