Strengthening the Legal Foundation for Public Health Practice: A Framework for Action

Strengthening the Legal Foundation for Public Health Practice: A Framework for Action

Growing concern that public health laws may be inadequate to the challenges that confront public health practitioners has led to adoption of a Healthy People 2010 objective for improved laws and policies. It has also led to concerted efforts to strengthen the legal foundation for public health pract...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of public health (1971) 2001-09, Vol.91 (9), p.1369-1369
Hauptverfasser: Moulton, Anthony D, Matthews, Gene W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Collaboration
Cooperative Behavior
Disease control
Disease prevention
Editorials
Forecasting
Health behavior
Health care
Health care policy
Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Health Priorities - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Information sources
Law
Legal reform
Medical sciences
Needs Assessment
Organizational Objectives
Philosophy, Medical
Public health
Public Health Law
Public Health Practice - legislation & jurisprudence
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
R&D
Reforms
Research & development
Skills
Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation
United States
USA
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Zusammenfassung:Growing concern that public health laws may be inadequate to the challenges that confront public health practitioners has led to adoption of a Healthy People 2010 objective for improved laws and policies. It has also led to concerted efforts to strengthen the legal foundation for public health practice. In this editorial, the authors present a framework for collaborative research, analysis, and development to strengthen public health laws, skill in applying laws, and law-related information resources.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.91.9.1369