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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.
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Public Health Law Training and
Education Resources
Resources Developed by the Public Health Law Program
The Public Health Law Program develops and makes available for public use a growing portfolio of courses and other learning materials
in applied public health law. This section of our website lists those resources as well as selected other, related materials that have
been prepared by others and have been brought to our attention. We welcome your feedback and suggestions for additional training and education
resources you would find useful. Click here to contact us.
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Public Health Law 101
This new, foundational course on public health law was designed by Program staff as a learning resource for public health practitioners, students, and others. The course provides an introduction to fundamental principles of law, ethics, and the legal system as they frame public health practice in the United States. It comprises 9 slide lecture units for delivery by legal counsel to health departments and by other persons trained in law.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/phl101/
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"Public Health Emergency Law 3.0"
This course, designed for
front-line public health, emergency management, law
enforcement, and other all-hazards public health emergency
planners and responders, helps trainees develop a
foundational understanding of law essential to legal
preparedness for effectively managing public health
emergencies. The course includes an introduction to
emergency management in the federal system; a course
manager’s guide and other instructor resources; a new
scenario on chemical release into the environment; and it
reviews emergency powers in relation to the protection of
persons, property, and volunteers. To download the course
materials, visit
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/phel.asp.
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"Forensic Epidemiology
3.0"
This course is designed for
public health and law enforcement professionals who conduct
joint public health emergency investigations and responses.
The course’s goal is to strengthen coordination of joint
investigations and responses to public health emergencies
through the use of a new scenario on pandemic influenza.
Supplemental materials also include three CDC-developed
scenarios (suspicious letter, anthrax, salmonellosis) and
six field-developed scenarios. To download course materials,
visit
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/phel.asp.
See also:
Richard A. Goodman, et al., "Forensic Epidemiology: Law at the Intersection of
Public Health and Criminal Investigation", Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics31,
684-700 (2003).
(PDF file)
First Responders, July 2004 Issue. First Assistant U.S.
Attorney Francis D. Schmitz, Eastern District of Wisconsin gives strong
support and high marks to the Forensic Epidemiology training course.
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"Community Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness"
This workshop-based learning resource brings together the legal counsel to public health agencies with counterparts from hospitals and
other health care organizations to enhance their mutual understanding of the legal framework in which health care providers operate
during public health emergencies.
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"Jacobson v. Massachusetts and Public Health Law: Perspectives in 2005"
This DVD contains the entire proceedings—plus supplemental learner materials and instructor guides—of the plenary session at the June
2005 CDC public health law conference that explored the legal and public health practice implications of the landmark 1905 U.S. Supreme
Court ruling that upheld the state’s requirement that adults be immunized against smallpox.
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"Law as
the Basis of Public Health Action" An introduction to public health law
(PowerPoint file) by Frederic E. Shaw, MD, JD, and Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD
from the CDC Public Health Law Program. Describes the core concepts of public
health law.
(PowerPoint
file)
(Posted: 09/08/2003 10:15 AM)
- 26 Readings in Public Health
Law
Each week for 26 weeks during 2004-2005, The CDC Public Health News presented
an installment of a special feature, 26 Readings in Public Health Law.
Each week, we published in the News and posted here a short
introductory description and a link to illustrative readings in public health
law, including cases, law review articles, book chapters, and other
materials. The readings were designed to provide a foundation for
understanding public health law. To see the list of readings, click here.
Selected Resources Developed by Others
Statements of Recommended Public Health Law Competencies
CDC Centers for Public Health Preparedness
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Public health law-related training and education courses and
other resources are available from the Centers for Public Health
Preparedness Resource Center. Search on "law" at
http://www.asph.org/acphp/
Public Health Foundation
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Public health law-related training and education courses and
other resources are available from the Learning Resource Center
of the Public Health Foundation. Search on "law" at
http://bookstore.phf.org
Additional Resources
- The "Swimming with Sharks: Environmental Health in the
Context of Litigation" DVD, produced by the Southern Center
for Excellence in Environmental Health is a concise, 30-minute
review of issues that front-line public health practitioners
encounter in responding to litigation and in using litigation as
tool to advance the health of the public health.
(eh.asp#sws)
(Posted: 08/11/2005 12:00 PM)
- "The Historical Role
of Attorneys and 21st Century Public Health Practice." A PowerPoint
presententation from the American Bar Association's Center for Continuing
Legal Education teleconference series, entitled "Understanding the Role of
Public Health in Your Practice." Presented by Gene W. Matthews, JD, CDC
Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, August 10, 2005.
(PowerPoint
file)
(Posted: 08/11/2005 12:00 PM)
- "Comparison of
Health Laws." A presentation at "The Public's Health and the Law
in the 21st Century, 3rd Annual Conference" by Audrey Kaiser Manka, JD,
Minnesota Assistant Attorney General, June 2004, Atlanta, Georgia.
(PowerPoint file)
(Posted: 07/12/2004 2:00 PM)
- "Introduction to Public
Health in the Constitutional Design." A presentation by Samantha K.
Graff, Staff Attorney, Technical Assistance Legal Center, Public Health
Institute. Presented at the Ventura County Health Department, California on
October 29, 2003.
(PowerPoint file)
(Posted: 06/03/2004 2:00 PM)
- "State Statutory
and Administrative: Law Research, Analysis, and Surveillance: Challenges and
Opportunities". A presentation by Jamie F. Chriqui, Ph.D., M.H.S.,
Vice-President, Center for Health Policy and Legislative Analysis, The
MayaTech Corporation, given to the CDC Work Group on Public Health Law
Surveillance, April 1, 2004.
(PDF file) (Posted: 04/14/2004 2:00
PM)
- "When Public Health Goes
to Court," Jan. 21, 2003, by Hon. Linda L. Chezem, Senior Judge, Harrison
County, Indiana. Sponsored by the CDC Public Health Law Program.
(Word file).
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First Responders, July 2004 Issue. First Assistant U.S.
Attorney Francis D. Schmitz, Eastern District of Wisconsin gives strong
support and high marks to the Forensic Epidemiology training course.
(Posted: 10/08/2004 3:30 PM)
- The Public Health Law
and Ethics Syllabus. A syllabus detailing the objective of The
Public Health and Ethics course instructed by Professor Lawrence O. Gostin,
of the Georgetown University Law Center, during the Fall semester 2004.
- Introduction to
Public Health Law for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response is a
training module providing a basic understanding of emergency public health,
and the legal issues that may arise during public health emergency
threats. Developed by The Center for Law and the Public's Health.
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North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness (NCCPHP). A
series of short Internet-based trainings offered by the NCCPHP on public
health emergency preparedness that focuses on topics such as surveillance
agents of bioterrorism, emerging and re-emerging disease agents and public
health law.
(Posted: 03/09/2005 3:30 PM)
- Public Health Law Academic
Programs. A directory listing of academic institutions offering
Public Health Law as a course of study in their program curriculum.
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