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Public Health and the Law: An Emergency Preparedness Training Kit

In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program (PHLP), this training kit has been developed to enhance local public health professionals' and their legal counsel's knowledge of the legal authorities and issues that shape their ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. Through this project, NACCHO also partnered with the Public Health Law Network – Western Region at Arizona State University to develop the additional tools and resources available through this course.

Learning objectives:
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), with guidance and funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program (PHLP), has developed this training kit to enhance local public health professionals' and their legal counsel's knowledge of the legal authorities and issues that shape their ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. Through this project, NACCHO, partnered with the Public Health Law Network – Western Region at Arizona State University to develop the tools users will find below. Taken together, these resources represent a curriculum that can be customized by jurisdictions, designed to prepare local health departments, public health practitioners, emergency managers, their respective counsel, and partners to understand and effectively address the changes in the legal environment and authority that occur as a result of a public health emergency. The curriculum highlights the use of relevant laws and policies in decision making during an emergency, enhances preparedness and response, and prepares decision makers to improve public health outcomes in an emergency.

Tier Level: Tier 1
Modality: Self-Paced
Length: 53 minutes 33 seconds

Resources:
The resources below are intended to be customized to reflect the legal landscape of the local jurisdiction where users are conducting the training.
A customizable PowerPoint presentation
Component Summaries
Instruction Manual
Sample packet of modifications developed for a training conducted with Florida State University in September 2013

Have questions about the toolkit or require technical assistance? Please contact NACCHO’s Public Health Law Program at PHLaw@naccho.org