Module 2 – Home Law and Public Health

Modular Learning Outcomes

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

· Case· Examine and discuss the role of governmental administrative agencies in enacting and implementing public health regulations.

· Define and discuss the source of public health law and policies.

· Examine and discuss the role of the Federal government in public health law and policy.

· SLP

· Define and discuss the source of public health law and policy.

· Identify and discuss the policy considerations for public health regulations and reform.

· Examine and discuss the role of the federal government in public health law and policy.

· Discussion

· Identify and discuss the policy considerations for public health regulations and reform.

Module Overview

The promotion and protection of public health is one of the oldest functions of government and certainly one of its earliest regulatory functions. Historically, even early governments, which existed primarily to promote the acquisition of wealth and territory by monarchs and their families, recognized some obligation to protect the health and safety of their subjects.

The impetus for modern public health regulation was the sanitary revolution of the nineteenth century. During this period, scientific discoveries established the link between microorganisms and infectious disease, leading to a greater understanding of the vectors of infectious disease.

In recent years, public health agencies and indeed the public health community at large have sought inspiration and support in meeting these challenges from new sources. The emerging field of public health ethics, with its emphasis on the traditions of the public health profession and, in particular, the moral trust that society bestows on public health professionals to act for the common welfare, has been particularly helpful in clarifying the true responsibilities of public health agencies in regulating risks to health and safety. Similarly, the importation of international human rights law and theory has provided great support and urgency to addressing problems that may be viewed as having a human rights imperative. This theoretic work in the discipline of public health will greatly facilitate the development of fair, effective, and democratic regulation for meeting present and future public health challenges.

In Module 2, we will look at Public Health Law and Regulation and in particular, how it applies in your work setting.

Module 2 – Outcomes

Law and Public Health

· Module

· Examine the role of law and reform in public health.

· Case

· Examine and discuss the role of governmental administrative agencies in enacting and implementing public health regulations.

· Define and discuss the source of public health law and policies.

· Examine and discuss the role of the Federal government in public health law and policy.

· SLP

· Define and discuss the source of public health law and policy.

· Identify and discuss the policy considerations for public health regulations and reform.

· Examine and discuss the role of the federal government in public health law and policy.

· Discussion

· Identify and discuss the policy considerations for public health regulations and reform.