Public Health Law: Past and Present

Through the use of laws and policies, public health practitioners of the 19th and 20th centuries eliminated or greatly reduced the incidence of diseases like tuberculosis, dysentery, and cholera in the United States. Their legacy of using legal tools to ensure the health and well-being of people and their communities continues today.
Laws and policies stop the spread of communicable disease, ensure that our food is safe for consumption, establish guidelines and codes for safe housing, and much more. Equally important, however, are our civil liberties. Public health officials and policymakers-those responsible for designing, implementing, and enforcing these policies-must always take into account the rights of affected individuals.
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If medication "nonadherence" is mentioned (slide with Frieden pyramid), then context should be included, e.g., possible inability to take meds as advised due to systemic factors: lack of prescription drug coverage, unaffordable co-pay, etc