T2B2

Public Health & Public Policy

Speaker:
Zita Lazzarini, JD, MPH
Division Director and Associate Professor
Medical Humanities, Health Law & Ethics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

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.

Originally broadcast November 16, 2006

This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It has been approved for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned approval code 5RLL8T-PRV-04-073.

The School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for 1.0 Category One credits towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.