Course Overview
Goals / objectives
of this public health law instructional training for NCCDPHP professional
staff and other target participants are to:
• Improve the understanding that NCCDPHP leaders,
managers, and other professional staff have regarding basic principles
of law that are fundamental to supporting attainment of NCCDPHP/CDC
program goals
• Stimulate further development of NCCDPHP capacities
and competencies for use of law as a tool for public health
• Help ensure that NCCDPHP leaders, managers,
and other professional program staff can identify issues that might
require them to consult the CDC Branch of the Office of the General
Counsel
Primary themes
the course will address regarding priority uses of law in support of
chronic disease prevention and control:
• Understanding how the Constitution establishes
a framework for balancing governments’ actions to reduce the burden
of chronic diseases within the community while simultaneously recognizing
the interests of individuals and other regulated entities
• Recognizing basic legal strategies that government
can use for chronic disease control and prevention (e.g., direct
regulation, providing economic incentives, providing information,
and creating environments where healthy living is the "default"
option)
• Recognizing the relevance of key, selected
concepts (e.g., federalism and preemption) to chronic disease prevention
and control
• Assessing the impact and effectiveness of law
on decreasing the impact of chronic disease risk factors and the
burden of chronic diseases
Target audiences:
• NCCDPHP professional staff (e.g., senior OD
staff, division directors, branch and section chiefs, scientists,
project officers, and policy staff)
• Invited state and territorial chronic disease
program directors
