APA (edition "APA 7") Health Care and Life Sciences

Public Health and Epidemiology

Please view The legal infrastructure of public health at https://vimeopro.com/aptr/phlm/video/75320296

This video is part of the Public Health Learning Modules project funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and developed by Temple University Department of Public Health and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research as a free teaching resource for public health professionals.

For this component of the Session Long Project, you will describe the legal infrastructure of public health. Your task is to submit a paper that responds to the following questions:

1. Explain why law is a crucial part of public health practice.

2. Discuss the ethical challenges of enforcing public health laws. (Support your answer with an example.)

3. Identify and describe the three types of public health law.

4. Identify and discuss two items on the list of the Ten Essentials Public Health Services that relate to ethics and integrity.

Length: 23 pages.