Building the Legal Capacity of the Public Health Workforce: Introducing the Public Health Law Academy

Montrece McNeill Ransom; Rebecca Johnson; Marice Ashe; Matthew Penn; F Abigail Ferrell; Kelsey Baffour

doi:10.1177/1073110519857324

Building the Legal Capacity of the Public Health Workforce: Introducing the Public Health Law Academy

J Law Med Ethics. 2019 Jun;47(2_suppl):80-82. doi: 10.1177/1073110519857324.

Authors

Montrece McNeill Ransom¹, Rebecca Johnson¹, Marice Ashe¹, Matthew Penn¹, F Abigail Ferrell¹, Kelsey Baffour¹

Affiliation

¹ Montrece McNeill Ransom, J.D., M.P.H., is the Team Lead for Training and Workforce Development, Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Rebecca Johnson, M.P.H., is as a Program Director with ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA. Marice Ashe, J.D., M.P.H., is the Founder and CEO of ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA. Matthew Penn, J.D., M.L.I.S., is the Director of the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA. F. Abigail Ferrell, J.D., M.P.A., serves as the Team Lead for Partnerships and Outreach, the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kelsey Baffour, B.S., served as an intern with the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA (Fall 2018); and is a MPH candidate at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, New York, NY.

PMID: 31298133
DOI: 10.1177/1073110519857324

Abstract

Knowledge of the law and its impact on health outcomes is increasingly important in public health practice. The CDC's Public Health Law Academy helps satisfy this need by providing online trainings, facilitator toolkits, and legal epidemiology tools to aid practitioners in learning about the law's role in promoting public health.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes*
Capacity Building
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Health Workforce
Humans
Legal Epidemiology
Public Health / education*
Public Health / legislation & jurisprudence*
United States