Applied Methods in Public Health Law to Advance Health Equity: Legal Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Policy Analysis

Concurrent Sessions 2: 10:30 am-11:45 am, Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Public health practitioners increasingly seek to advance health equity by employing methods, such as policy surveillance and evaluation, that exist outside of traditional law practice like impact litigation. Public health lawyers may pursue health equity not only by conducting assessments of laws and policies that obviously impact structural inequity, such as discriminatory housing or community economic development in under-served communities, but also by examining the equity implications of laws and policies more broadly.

Moderator:

• Samantha Bent Weber, Senior Public Health Analyst, Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Speakers:

• Michael Pella, Public Health Analyst, Tanaq Support Services, Inc., Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Amanda Moreland, Public Health Analyst, DRT Strategies, Inc., Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention