2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4242.0
Legal Response to Infectious Disease and Public Safety

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Organizer:
Jennifer Ibrahim, PhD, MPH
Moderator:
Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH

12:30pm
Public policy, public health workers, and infectious disease response: An analysis of focus group data   
Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH, Holly Taylor, PhD, MPH and Daniel J. Barnett, MD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:45pm
Addressing the 2015 Measles Outbreak: The Legal Framework   
Montrece Ransom, JD, MPH, Aila Hoss, JD, Matthew Penn, JD and Lauren Dunning, JD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:00pm
State Legislative Implications of Recent Infectious Disease Outbreaks   
Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:15pm
Building a Local Policy Agenda for Communicable Disease Control: Identifying strategies and legal tools for prevention   
Lauren Dunning, JD, MPH and Robert Kim-Farley, MD, MPH
1:30pm
Unvaccinated students and disease outbreaks: A review of the legal authority and challenges to school exclusion laws   
Andy Baker-White, JD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Law
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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