
Course Objectives
- Describe how law serves as a foundation for public health practice.
- Provide examples of how law serves as a social determinant of health.
- Identify efforts to limit or diminish public health authority and how these efforts impact public health outcomes.
- Provide examples of how law can be used to advance health and racial equity.
- Highlight activities under way to strengthen public health advocacy at the local, state, and national levels.
Date: April 4, 2023
Presenter:
Montrece Ransom, JD, MPH, ACC
Director, National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training
Dawn Hunter, JD, MPH
Director, Southwestern Regional Network for Public Health Law
Montrece Ransom, JD, MPH and Dawn Hunter, JD, MPH present on public health law fundamentals. The presenters begin by explaining the basics of law in the United States and how it realtes to public health. They then discuss landmark supreme court cases and changes to public health authority since the COVID-19 pandemic. The presenters go on to discuss law as a tool for equity and racism as a public health crisis. Finally, the presenters explain how law can be used as a tool for public health practice.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe how law serves as a foundation for public health practice.
- Provide examples of how law serves as a social determinant of health
- Identify efforts to limit or diminish public health authority and how these efforts impact public health outcomes.
- Provide examples of how law can be used to advance health and racial equity.
- Highlight activities under way to strengthen public health advocacy at the local, state, and national levels.