About this Event
CETLOE is excited to announce our first-ever Open Classrooms Week this fall, Oct. 5-9. We're inviting faculty to open their doors and welcome one to two colleagues to catch a glimpse of teaching in action. This isn't an evaluation or a formal observation; it's a community-building exchange designed to spark conversation and showcase the diverse teaching talent across our university.
Course:
Public Health Law
Session Description:
Public Health Law Module 8 (Oct. 5-12) focuses on prevention of non-communicable diseases or chronic conditions. Some public health powers authorized by law are relevant to both communicable and non-communicable disease control, including counseling, testing, screening and treatment. However, some public health powers are useless for chronic conditions, for example, social distancing measures, quarantine and isolation. While preventing disease spread to others is an important government goal, support for chronic conditions may be more limited. Opponents may refer to government action as the "Nanny State." Support may be found in protecting youth or reducing health care costs to the state. Tobacco control serves as a bridge to exploring non communicable disease prevention. This is because tobacco use is dangerous both for the tobacco user and for those who are exposed to second hand smoke. Tobacco control has gotten tangled up in free speech. Government regulation of commercial speech is held to a different standard than individual free speech, and it depends on whether the speech is content-based or content-neutral. This module will also look at whether the government can compel speech.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of Module 8 (Oct. 5-12), students will be able to:
Note: To ensure that we do not fill a classroom, the room number will be provided after registration via email
