Public Health Practice Linkages between Schools of Public Health and State Health Agencies

This chapter describes the need to make social justice a goal of public health practice. The chapter discusses the roles of public health agencies at the federal, state, and local levels as well as the roles of philanthropic organizations, using the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as an illustrative example. It is necessary for health departments to develop social justice strategies that link health disparities to root causes in the political economy and develop policy changes and social actions to create fundamental changes in these root causes. The author asserts that for public health practice to better address social injustice, there will need to be a fundamental shift in the core (or essential) functions of public health.

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Structure and Culture of Schools of Public Health to Support Academic Public Health Practice

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ◽

10.1097/00124784-200311000-00011 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 504-512 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Janice M. Dodds ◽

Diane C. Calleson ◽

Eugenia Eng ◽

Lewis Margolis ◽

Karen Moore

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Public Health Practice ◽

Health Practice ◽

Schools Of Public Health

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Training Needs and Awareness of Emerging Areas of Public Health Practice Among Epidemiologists Working in State Health Agency Central Offices in the United States, 2017

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ◽

10.1097/phh.0000000000001333 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth R. Daly ◽

Moriah Gendelman ◽

Jessica Arrazola ◽

Katie Sellers

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

United States ◽

Public Health Practice ◽

Health Agency ◽

The United States ◽

Training Needs ◽

State Health ◽

Health Practice ◽

Central Offices ◽

State Health Agency

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Assessing Laws and Legal Authorities for Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1111/j.1748-720x.2008.00256.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 36 (S1) ◽

pp. 23-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Brian Kamoie ◽

Robert M. Pestronk ◽

Peter Baldridge ◽

David Fidler ◽

Leah Devlin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Public Health Practice ◽

The United States ◽

Health Practice ◽

Public Health Agencies ◽

State Constitutions ◽

Public Health Infrastructure ◽

Health Agencies ◽

Health Practitioners ◽

Public Health Practitioners

Public health legal preparedness begins with effective legal authorities, and law provides a key foundation for public health practice in the United States. Laws not only create public health agencies and fund them, but also authorize and impose duties upon government to protect the public's health while preserving individual liberties. As a result, law is an essential tool in public health practice and is one element of public health infrastructure, as it defines the systems and relationships within which public health practitioners operate.For purposes of this paper, law can be defined as a rule of conduct derived from federal or state constitutions, statutes, local laws, judicial opinions, administrative rules and regulations, international codes, or other pronouncements by entities authorized to prescribe conduct in a legally binding manner. Public health legal preparedness, a subset of public health preparedness, is defined as attainment of legal benchmarks within a public health system.

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