Title: Law and The Public's Health In An Age of Globalization

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Section/SPIG: International Health

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The report "Who Will Keep the Public Health?" (IOM 2002) cites policy and law as one of eight new content areas schools of public health should teach as part of the core competency of public health practitioners. Policy and law and their implementation are profound social determinants of health. To achieve quality and eliminate disparity, public health requires the ability to evaluate and understand how law and policy relate to all other elements of social determinants of health.

If you are interested in the law and international health, please contact IH Section member Michele Forzley, JD, MPH, Phone: 301-565-1693 or e-mail <mforzley@comcast.net>. If there is sufficient interest, the IH Section could form a group to work on legal aspects of global health. Michele would be delighted to lead such a group and connect with others at the Annual Meeting to launch the effort. Michele is organizing a Continuing Education Program at the Annual Meeting, November 16, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (session 2017.0). The session will present the nuts and bolts of law as it relates to public health in lecture and work groups to practice skills on case studies.