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Improving Information on Public Health Law Best Practices for Obesity Prevention and Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Susan R. Tortolero ,
Karyn Popham  and
Peter D. Jacobson
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This paper is the companion to “Assessment of Information on Public Health Law Best Practices for Obesity Prevention and Control,” and the fourth of four action papers produced as part of the National Summit on Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control, convened June 2008 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the American Society for Law, Medicine Ethics. The four action papers present options to address gaps in the four core elements of public health legal preparedness as outlined in the relevant companion papers. The four core elements are: (1) laws and legal authorities; (2) legal competencies for public health professionals to apply those laws and authorities; (3) coordination of law-based efforts across jurisdictions and sectors, and (4) information on public health law best practices.

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JLME Supplement
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 37 , Issue S1 , Summer 2009 , pp. 99 - 109
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2009

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