273120 Public Health System Support for Controlling Infectious Disease

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 : 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Margaret A. Potter, MS, JD , Center for Public Health Practice, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Margaret Potter, JD, MS , Center for Public Health Practice, Department of Health Policy & Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
The U.S. has a highly diverse array of public health agencies operating at the national, state, and local levels. MIDAS researchers can model selective variations in agencies' legal authorities and constraints, their economic and personnel resources, and their operational capabilities—studying how these variations can affect efforts to prevent and contain infectious disease outbreaks. Insights from this research can guide policy makers and practitioners in planning, surveillance, and resource allocation decisions.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand public health system characteristics in relation to infectious disease control. 2. Recognize law and policy, economics and resources, and operational performance as public health system characteristics. 3. Identify at least one example of how variation in public health system characteristics might affect disease control outcomes.

Keywords: Public Health Infrastructure, Infectious Diseases

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a researcher affiliated with the MIDAS Center for Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh and have published peer-reviewed studies related to this presentation. My academic credentials include JD and MS degrees, and I am Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the university's Graduate School of Public Health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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