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Team Health: Legal Landscape of Federal and State HiAP and HIA Laws


Monday, November 2, 2015

Dawn Pepin, JD, MPH, CDC Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
Leigh Alderman, JD, MPH, CDC Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
Health in All Policies (HiAP) and its alternative, health impact assessments (HIA), are emerging policy tools designed to improve population health by ensuring that all stakeholders identify and consider the health impacts of federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This presentation will inform public health professionals about the legal context of HiAPs and HIAs by identifying federal- and state-level HiAP and HIA policies and important components they share. Part one will summarize expert guidance on critical components of HiAPs and HIAs. Part two will examine results of a 50-state assessment analyzing the number of states that have enacted HiAP or HIA-related laws, in addition to enumerating common components across each. The presentation will identify effective HiAP and HIA policies and contrast strength and weaknesses of HiAP versus HIA policy approaches.

Learning Areas:

Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Diversity and culture
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Describe expert (i.e., the World Health Organization) identification of critical components of Health in All Policies and its alternative, health impact assessment (HIA) laws. Identify how many jurisdictions (state and federal) have enacted HiAP or HIA laws. Identify common components and provisions of federal and state HiAP laws. Identify common components and provisions of federal and state HIA laws. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of HiAP and HIA laws. Discuss concrete examples of effective HiAP and HIA laws.

Keyword(s): Underserved Populations, Health Law

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an ORISE fellow with CDC’s Public Health Law Program. I work with public health officials at CDC, as well as with state, tribal, local, and territorial partners, to analyze state and local laws related to public health. I earned my JD from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2010, where I published in the Seton Hall Health Law Outlook. I also earned my MPH from Johns Hopkins University in 2014.
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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