Fundamentals of Public Health Law and Ethics
This course focuses on the role of law as a critical tool for furthering public health. It explores federal and state authority for governmental intercession in matters of public health, describes how public health law contributes to public health accomplishments, and provides an overview of public health ethics. It will also emphasize the inherent tension between individual rights and public health powers.
**Instructions to access the course will be provided after you register.**Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:
- describe the role of public health law as it pertains to public health accomplishments;
- explain the tension that exists between individual rights and public health powers; and
- list three important ethical considerations for public health decision making.
Target Audience
This
presentation is appropriate for public health practitioners.
Instructor
Elizabeth
Van Nostrand, JD is an Associate
Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy at
Temple College of Public Health.
Technology Requirements
This recorded webinar is presented on Vimeo
Internet-based platform. A computer with high-speed internet connection and the
ability to download and run this platform is required.
Creation Date
This training was recorded December 11,
2018.
For
more information about this course or assistance with registration, contact marphtc@pitt.edu.
Public Policy and Advocacy
This course will provide participants with an overview of the issues surrounding public policy and advocacy. It covers how public policy and advocacy are defined and how to use problem definition to seek policy changes. It also discusses how to engage decision makers to implement policy change, with a focus on creating a decision memorandum. The course is broken into two parts with interactive quizzing.
**Instructions to access the course will be provided after you register.**
Learning
Objectives
At the conclusion of this
course, participants will be able to:
- identify the key attributes of policy and advocacy;
- identify examples of policy implementation across the U.S.;
- describe the various methods of policy making;
- understand the differences between advocacy and lobbying; and
- describe a framework for planning a politically feasible advocacy campaign.
Part 1 length: 21 minutes
Part 2 length: 28 minutes
Target
Audience
This presentation is
appropriate for public health practitioners with varying professional
experiences and diverse educational backgrounds.
Instructor
Jennifer Kolker, MPH received her MPH in public health policy and
administration from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She is
a Clinical Professor of Health Management and Policy, the Director of the
Center for Public Health Practice, and the Drexel Director of the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Public Health Training Center, a federally funded training center for
the public health workforce. Prior to joining Drexel in 2004, Kolker held
various positions in the non-profit world and then the Philadelphia Department
of Public Health, working first in HIV/AIDS policy and planning and later in
the Office of the Health Commissioner. Kolker was also a senior policy
associate with Public Works, a consulting firm that provides public policy
research and analysis to government agencies and officials, non-profits, and
think tanks across the country.
Level
This course is appropriate for those with no, basic, or
intermediate levels of experience with cultural competency in trauma.
Technology
Requirements
A computer with high-speed
internet connection is required to view this course.
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing education credits
are not offered for this course.
Creation Date
This course was created in
June 2021.
For more information about this course, contact cphp@drexel.edu. For assistance with registration, contact marphtc@pitt.edu.
If you require an accommodation to participate in this course, contact marphtc@pitt.edu.
Stroke of the Pen, Law of the Land, Kind of Cool: Presidential Executive Orders as a Tool to Change Public Health Law
Presidents have used Executive Orders to change history - from Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to FDR’s ordering of Japanese Americans in internment camps. President Trump issued an Executive Order on his first day in office aimed at dismantling the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This on demand webinar discusses what Executive Orders can and cannot do as well as summarize the types of Executive Orders the current administration has issued and explain how they affect public health.
**Instructions to access the recording will be provided after you register.**
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- describe what an Executive Order is;
- identify three (3) Executive Orders issued by the Trump Administration; and
- distinguish between what an Executive Order can and cannot do.
Instructor
Elizabeth Van
Nostrand, JD is
an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and
Policy at Temple College of Public Health.
For more information, contact marphtc@pitt.edu.