| Course ID: | HPAM 7760. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Public Health Law and Ethics for Public Health Practitioners |
Course
Description: | This course strengthens students' and practitioners' knowledge on
foundational and current issues in law and ethics that impact the
policies and practice of public health. It allows students to
identify and appropriately assess legal, ethical, and human
rights issues that underlie the field of public health. |
| Oasis Title: | Public Health Law and Ethics |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 7760E |
| Nontraditional Format: | Classes will consist of lectures and student-led discussions.
Using case studies, students will recognize and integrate legal,
ethical, and human rights concepts into public health policy
development and practice. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Upon completion, students will be able to:
Evaluate the constitutional underpinnings of public health in
interventions;
Discuss the limitations of the legal system to address and
resolve conflict and the role of ethical analysis;
Examine the differences between legal and ethical issues in
public health practice;
Compare and contrast the respective roles of local, state,
tribal, and federal governments with respect to public health;
Interpret the balance between individual rights and governmental
interests in protecting the public's health;
Develop system-level interventions that utilize the application
of public health legal and ethical principles to the practice of
public health interests in protecting the public's health. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction to Public Health Law and the Legal System
2. Public Health Ethics
3. Ethics and Public Health Decision-Making
4. Foundations of Public Health Law
5. Public Health in the Legal System
6. Public Health Duties and Powers
7. Public Health and the Protection of Individual Rights
8. Public Health Governance: Direct Regulation for the Public’s
Health and Safety
9. Tort Law and the Public’s Health: Indirect Regulation
10. Global Public Health Law: Health in a Global Community
11. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy and the
“Right to Know”
12. Health, Communication, and Behavior
13. Law, Ethics, and Public Health Emergencies
14. Economic Liberty and the Pursuit of Public Health
15. Public Health Strategies for Epidemic Disease: Association,
Travel, and Liberty
16. Practical Intersections of Public Health Law, Leadership,
and Policy Development |
| Honor Code Reference: | All students are responsible for maintaining the highest
standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their
academic careers. The penalties for academic dishonesty are
severe, and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.
Academic honesty means performing all academic work without
plagiarizing, cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving
assistance from any other person, or using any source of
information that is not common knowledge. |