Resources
Since its inception, the PHLA has actively sponsored and participated in numerous reports, programs, and initiatives at the intersection of public health law, practice, and science. Please see below various links to these efforts, organized under the following headings:
PHLA Newsletters |
Reports |
Presentations |
Teleconference Transcripts |
REPORTS:
Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (February 28, 2005)
The Community Public Health Legal Preparedness Initiative: Building Effective Public Health-Health Care Legal Partnerships (July 8, 2004)
Public Health Law Awareness Among American Bar Association Members (August 2004)
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PRESENTATIONS:
Year in Review, Public Health Law Association (June 13, 2006)
Denial and Delay of Prisoners’ Dental Care in Correctional Facilities: Public Health Risks and Legal Issues, Clarissa Freitas Dias, Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University (June 2005)
Public Health Implications of Elderly Prisoners in the Criminal Justice System, Taylor Thao Dang, Georgia State University, Department of Criminal Justice (June 2005)
The Illinois Hospital Report Card Acts, David Carvalho, Deputy Director, Policy, Planning, & Statistics (March 30, 2005)
HICPAC Guidance Document on Public Disclosure of Healthcare Associated Infections, PJ Brennan, MD, University of Pennsylvania Health System (February 28, 2005)
CDC’s Opt-Out Approach to Increase HIV Testing for Pregnant Women and the Conflict in Massachusetts, Swapna Reddy, J.D. & Subhakar Mutyala, M.D., Boston University School of Public Health & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
State-Mandated Insurance Coverage of Bariatric Surgery: A Cost and Outcome Analysis, Kimberly I. Beyer, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Management
The Community Public Health Legal Preparedness Initiative: Teleconference, Susan K. Steeg (December 1, 2004)
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TELECONFERENCE TRANSCRIPTS:
What the Global Business Community Needs to Know About the New International Health Regulations (November 17, 2005)
Hospital Infection Reporting: Science and Policy Considerations (March 30, 2005)
The Community Public Health Legal Preparedness Initiative: Building Effective Public Health – Healthcare Legal Partnerships (December 1, 2004)
Transcript of an Educational Teleconference on the Methamphetamine Crisis (May 10, 2004)
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