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Module 1 - Background The Legal System/Framing Issues of Public Health, Law and Policy Required Reading

Burris, S., Ashe, M., Levin, D., Penn, M., & Larkin, M. (2016). A transdisciplinary approach to public health law: The emerging practice of legal epidemiology. SSRN, 37, 135-148. Retrieved from https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032315-021841

Hagedorn, J., Paras, C. A., Greenwich, H., & Hagopian, A. (2016). The role of labor unions in creating working conditions that promote public health. American journal of public health, 106(6), 989-995. Available via Trident Online Library.

Hunt, P. (2012). Health and well-being: The role of government. Public Health, 126(1) S19-S23. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Law, C. (2010). Will our children be healthy adults? Applying science to public health policy. Clinical Medicine, 10(6) 595-599. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Lynn, J., Oppenheimer, S., & Zimmer, L. (2014). Using public policy to improve outcomes for asthmatic children in schools. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 134(6), 1238-1244. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Parkhurst, J. (2016). The politics of evidence: From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence. (n.p.): Taylor & Francis. Available in the Trident Online Library.

van de Goor, I., Hämäläinen, R.-M., Syed, A., Juel Lau, C., Sandu, P., Spitters, H., … Aro, A. R. (2017). Determinants of evidence use in public health policy making: Results from a study across six EU countries. Health Policy, 121(3), 273-281. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Optional Reading

Liverani, M., Hawkins, B., & Parkhurst, J. O. (2013). Political and institutional influences on the use of evidence in public health policy. A systematic review. PloS One, 8(10), e77404. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Northridge, M. E., Estrada, I., Schrimshaw, E. W., Greenblatt, A. P., Metcalf, S. S., & Kunzel, C. (2017). Racial/Ethnic minority older adults' perspectives on proposed medicaid reforms' effects on dental care access. American Journal of Public Health, 107(S1), S65-S70. Available via Trident Online Library.

Verboom, B., Montgomery, P., & Bennett, S. (2016). What factors affect evidence-informed policymaking in public health? Protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence using thematic synthesis. Systematic Reviews, 5(61). Available in the Trident Online Library.

Optional Resources

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). General format. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). In-text citations: The basics. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). Reference list: Basic rules. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html

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The Legal System/Framing Issues of Public Health, Law and Policy

Modular Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module, the student will be able to satisfy the following outcomes:

Case
- Describe the primary roles of federal, state, and local government in public health and public health policies.
- Explain the challenges of evidence-based policy making.
SLP
- Explain policy development and identify and describe specific areas in which public health policy is needed.
- Examine and describe a specific public health policy.
Discussion
- Examine and discuss the role government in public health and public health policies.
- Discuss how Lobby groups can influence Public Health policies.

Module Overview

In this course students will become acquainted (or re-acquainted) with the U.S legal system. Upon doing so, we will examine the interface of this system with public health. What is the legal basis for public health? What role does government (both federal and state) play relative to public health? What limits exist on government intervention where public health is concerned?

Health care systems are designed to meet the health care needs of target populations. There are a wide variety of health care systems around the world. In some countries, the health care system has evolved and has not been planned, whereas in others a concerted effort has been made by governments, trade unions, charities, religious, or other coordinated bodies to deliver planned health care services targeted to the populations they serve. However, health care planning has often been evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

The goals for health systems, according to the World Health Report 2000 - Health systems: improving performance (WHO, 2000), are good health, responsiveness to the expectations of the population, and fair financial contribution. Duckett proposed a two dimensional approach to evaluation of health care systems: quality, efficiency and acceptability on one dimension and equity on another. (Duckett, S. J. 2004. The Australian health care system. 2nd edition ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.)

Public policy can be generally defined as a system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities, which is adopted by a governmental entity or its representatives. Public policy is implemented to create change in the behavior of a target population, usually to improve a public problem. Within the field of public health, public policies have been developed in a number of areas, such as seat belt laws, funding for a teen anti-smoking campaign, etc.

Module 1 - Outcomes

The Legal System/Framing Issues of Public Health, Law and Policy

Module
- Examine the scope and limits of authority of government with regard to public health.
- Explain the development of public health policy.
Case
- Examine and discuss the role of the Federal, State, and Local government in public health and public health policies.
- Explain policy development, identify and discuss specific areas in which public health is needed.
SLP
- Examine and discuss the role of the Federal, State and Local government agencies in public health and public health policies.
- Explain policy development, identify and discuss specific areas in which public health is needed.
Discussion
- Examine and discuss the role government in public health and public health policies.
- Discuss how Lobby groups can influence Public Health policies.

Course Materials/Bibliography

These materials/resources are used throughout the course:

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (2018). General format. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

Module 1

Required Reading

Hunt, P. (2012). Health and well-being: The role of government. Public Health, 126(1) S19-S23. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Law, C. (2010). Will our children be healthy adults? Applying science to public health policy. Clinical Medicine, 10(6) 595-599. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Parkhurst, J. (2016). The politics of evidence: From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence. (n.p.): Taylor & Francis. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Optional Reading