Major Trends in Public Health Law and Practice: A Network National Report

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 737-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Hodge ◽  
Leila Barraza ◽  
Jennifer Bernstein ◽  
Courtney Chu ◽  
Veda Collmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Practice Skills ◽  
Improve Health

Public health law research reveals significant complexities underlying the use of law as an effective tool to improve health outcomes across populations. The challenges of applying public health law in practice are no easier. Attorneys, public health officials, and diverse partners in the public and private sectors collaborate on the front lines to forge pathways to advance population health through law. Meeting this objective amidst competing interests requires strong practice skills to shift through sensitive and sometimes urgent calls for action to address known threats to the health of individuals and the community. It also necessitates objective, timely information and national and regional legal support.

scholarly journals Building the Legal Capacity of the Public Health Workforce: Introducing the Public Health Law Academy

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (S2) ◽  
pp. 80-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montrece McNeill Ransom ◽  
Rebecca Johnson ◽  
Marice Ashe ◽  
Matthew Penn ◽  
F. Abigail Ferrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Legal Capacity ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
The Public

Knowledge of the law and its impact on health outcomes is increasingly important in public health practice. The CDC's Public Health Law Academy helps satisfy this need by providing online trainings, facilitator toolkits, and legal epidemiology tools to aid practitioners in learning about the law's role in promoting public health.

Mapping the Scope and Opportunities for Public Health Law in Liberal Democracies

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger S. Magnusson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Improve Health

The two questions, “What is public health law?” and “How can law improve the public’s health?”, are perennial ones for public health law scholars. They are ideological questions because perceptions about the proper boundaries of law’s role will shape perceptions of what law can do, in an operational sense, to improve health outcomes. They are also theoretical questions, in the sense that, without closing down debate about the limits of public health law, these questions can be addressed by mapping the range of perspectives on how law might “go to work” for the public’s health. Finally, these are immensely practical questions. On our ability to understand the roles that law can play in public health improvement rests our capacity, as a society, to use law strategically as a policy tool.

Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health: The Work of the Public Health Law Research National Program Office

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (S1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott C. Burris ◽  
Evan D. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
American Society ◽  
Improve Health

No one who attended the 2010 national public health law conference hosted by the Public Health Law Association (PHLA) and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) could miss the sense of excitement and momentum. The revival of this annual public health law meeting, with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the energetic leadership of the PHLA president and board, ASLME’s expert guidance, and a rousing address by Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), symbolize the continued commitment of a wide range of important individuals and institutions to the proposition that law is of substantial importance to public health. But there is more than just symbolism to be excited about. CDC’s public health law program continues to champion efforts to promote the use and understanding of law as a public health tool.

Routine Screening of Women for Gonorrhea (Is "Offer" of Tests Enough?)

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-124
Author(s):  
Selig H. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Termination Of Pregnancy ◽  
Routine Screening ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
York State ◽  
The Public ◽  
State Resident

In a letter published in the August 1973 issue, Dr. Hania W. Ris suggests routine screening of women for gonorrhea. A recently enacted amendment to the Public Health Law of New York State requires all physicians, clinics or facilities providing gynecological, obstetrical, contraceptive, sterilization or termination-of-pregnancy services or treatment to offer to administer to every New York State resident coming for such services or treatment, appropriate tests for the detection of syphilis and gonorrhea.

scholarly journals Constitutional Cohesion and the Right to Public Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
James Hodge ◽  
Daniel Aaron ◽  
Haley Augur ◽  
Ashley Cheff ◽  
Joseph Daval ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
General Obligation ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Right

Despite years of significant legal improvements stemming from a renaissance in public health law, Americans still face major challenges and barriers in assuring their communal health. Reversals of legal reforms coupled with maligned policies and chronic underfunding contribute to diminished public health outcomes. Underlying preventable morbidity and mortality nationally are realities of our existing constitutional infrastructure. In essence, there is no general obligation of government to protect or promote the public’s health. Under principles of “constitutional cohesion,” structural facets and rights-based principles interwoven within the Constitution protect individuals and groups from governmental vices (i.e., oppression, overreaching, tyranny, and malfeasance). Structural impediments and rights infringements provide viable options to challenge governmental efforts inapposite to protecting the public’s health. Through corollary applications framed as auxiliary, creative, and ghost righting, courts are also empowered to recognize core duties or rights that the Constitution may not explicitly denote but assuredly contains, to remedy identifiable vices. Notably, ghost righting charts a course for recognizing a constitutional right to public health that Americans are owed, and government must respect, to assure basic public health needs.

scholarly journals Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health: A Framework for Public Health Law Research

2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT BURRIS ◽  
ALEXANDER C. WAGENAAR ◽  
JEFFREY SWANSON ◽  
JENNIFER K. IBRAHIM ◽  
JENNIFER WOOD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Improve Health

scholarly journals Micro Nudges: A Systems Approach to Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-596
Author(s):  
Dan Buettner
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Population Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Improve Health

The secret to longevity and healthier communities lies in a systems-level lifestyle-based approach. There are currently 5 regions across the world where people live relatively longer, healthier, and happier lives. Taking lessons from these areas, dubbed “blue zones,” we can help improve health and wellness at the population level. There are already cases of these Blue Zones Projects implemented in communities across the United States, which have had demonstrable, positive impacts on public health. Collaboration between the public and private sectors at the local level can make these changes to improve lifestyles and reduce the burden of chronic diseases on the healthcare system.

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