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Montrece McNeill Ransom1, Rebecca Johnson1, Marice Ashe1
1Montrece McNeill Ransom, J.D., M.P.H., is the Team Lead for Training and Workforce Development, Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Rebecca Johnson, M.P.H., is as a Program Director with ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA. Marice Ashe, J.D., M.P.H., is the Founder and CEO of ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA. Matthew Penn, J.D., M.L.I.S., is the Director of the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA. F. Abigail Ferrell, J.D., M.P.A., serves as the Team Lead for Partnerships and Outreach, the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kelsey Baffour, B.S., served as an intern with the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, CDC, Atlanta, GA (Fall 2018); and is a MPH candidate at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, New York, NY.
Abstract:
Knowledge of the law and its impact on health outcomes is increasingly important in public health practice. The CDC's Public Health Law Academy helps satisfy this need by providing online trainings, facilitator toolkits, and legal epidemiology tools to aid practitioners in learning about the law's role in promoting public health.
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