From smoking bans to seatbelt laws, patient confidentiality to AIDS testing - public policy is essential to public health. In this program viewers will learn more about the impact of current policies as well as more about how public health practitioners can influence a change in policy. Zita Lazzarini, a public health lawyer, researcher and professor, will bring us up to date on some of the latest policies as well as areas where there may be a need for stronger policies to protect public health.
By the end of the presentation, the attendee will be able to: 1) State the essential public health functions associated with workplace drug testing; 2) Identify demographic and occupation-related characteristics associated with an increased risk for substance abuse and dependence; 3) Describe employee reports of drug testing and substance abuse education in the workplace; 4) Distinguish between characteristics of employees and workplaces where drug testing occurs and those settings where there is no testing program.
Economics is the study of choices in a world of scarcity. In this course we explore how markets function by examining the demand behavior of consumers and the supply behavior of firms. We explore how market-based factors and governmental policies impact market outcomes. The concepts of private and social welfare are introduced as a framework for assessing the performance of markets. The course concludes with an application of economic tools to the policy issue of cigarette smoking. The course consists of eight separate modules, each of which is approximately 10 minutes in length. The material is quite general in nature, and is intended to improve the ability of preparedness professionals to project how markets will respond to significant public health events.
