Public Health Strategy and the Police Powers of the State

Galva, Jorge E.; Atchison, Christopher; Levey, Samuel

doi:10.1177/00333549051200s106

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“…US society, often preoccupied with individual rights and liberties (Galva, Atchinson and Levey, 2005), may be resistant to the sacrifices needed to make a quarantine successful. People generally do not like to be told what to do and often will focus on their own unwanted associated inconveniences.…”

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Mother Nature versus human nature: public compliance with evacuation and quarantine

2010

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Effectively controlling the spread of contagious illnesses has become a critical focus of disaster planning. It is likely that quarantine will be a key part of the overall public health strategy utilised during a pandemic, an act of bioterrorism or other emergencies involving contagious agents. While the United States lacks recent experience of large-scale quarantines, it has considerable accumulated experience of large-scale evacuations. Risk perception, life circumstance, work-related issues, and the opinions of influential family, friends and credible public spokespersons all play a role in determining compliance with an evacuation order. Although the comparison is not reported elsewhere to our knowledge, this review of the principal factors affecting compliance with evacuations demonstrates many similarities with those likely to occur during a quarantine. Accurate identification and understanding of barriers to compliance allows for improved planning to protect the public more effectively.

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2010

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“…State governments are bestowed with 'police powers' to enact laws that protect the safety, health, and welfare of their populations. [13] States may, through the passage of legislation, enforcement activities, or licensing restrictions, exercise their police powers to address gaps in federal regulation that place their citizens' health and safety at risk. [14] Requiring retailers to obtain a licence or permit to sell specific products in the retail environment and to impose restrictions or requirements on those retail sales are typical state-level functions.…”

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“…State governments are bestowed with ‘police powers’ to enact laws that protect the safety, health, and welfare of their populations . States may, through the passage of legislation, enforcement activities, or licensing restrictions, exercise their police powers to address gaps in federal regulation that place their citizens’ health and safety at risk…”

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Should states and local governments regulate dietary supplements?

Starr

2015

Drug Testing and Analysis

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Federal regulation of dietary supplements in the United States is governed by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. The law has been criticized as weak and ineffective. Alarming research has emerged demonstrating that supplements may be mislabelled, contaminated, adulterated with dangerous or unknown compounds, or sold at toxic doses. As a result, the health community has raised concerns about the safety and quality of dietary supplements. Increased federal oversight is an important avenue for improving supplement safety; however, states and local governments may also pursue strategies to strengthen the overall regulatory control of dietary supplements. States and local governments have substantial experience in regulating other products that pose a risk to public health, such as tobacco. Additionally, much has been learned about the tactics the tobacco industry has employed to protect its interests. Lessons learned may be applied to new regulatory efforts aimed at improving the safety of dietary supplements at the state and local levels. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…§ Bioterrorism ¶ and other biosecurity threats to the public's general welfare (ie, public safety, security, and health) have been a growing concern for national (federal), state, and local governments worldwide in recent years. 19,[21][22][23] These threats have also been brought to the attention of the public through events in the news (eg, the Fall 2001 anthrax mailings in the United States) and popular culture (eg, the 2011 Hollywood film Contagion). One reason for the growing concern about bioterrorism has been the quick pace of developments in general understanding of how biological agents can become highly transmissible and deadly in humans thanks to scientific advances and research such as the recent H5N1 studies.…”

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Creating monsters for the greater good of humanity: Conflicting interests of science and homeland security

Rose¹,

Lee²,

Sasor³

et al. 2012

JEM

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Society’s rising expectations for improved treatments and better health outcomes continuously push the boundaries of discovery in biomedical research. One focus of such research is to develop the newest drugs to address humanity’s increasing exposure to emerging infectious diseases. This has led both privately and publicly funded researchers to take on the task of studying highly infectious diseases in laboratory settings. Illustrating this phenomenon is the recent work of two research laboratories at universities that have demonstrated how easily the avian flu virus (influenza A H5N1) could be manipulated into a highly infectious and deadly form for humans. These studies, which were funded by the United States Government through the National Institutes of Health of the US Department of Health and Human Services, have sparked a fierce debate as to their risks and benefits to humankind. Lacking in the current debate, however, is any significant attempt to describe in basic terms the risks and benefits of such research or the basic safeguards already built into the biomedical research enterprise that serves to protect the public’s welfare.In this article, the authors will attempt to frame the ongoing debate for those outside the scientific research community by discussing a number of competing public policy issues that the recent H5N1 controversy raises about research on dangerous pathogens or biological agents and the concerns that emergency planners and managers nation-wide face when such research is conducted in their communities.

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Public Health Strategy and the Police Powers of the State

Cited by 37 publications

References 28 publications

Mother Nature versus human nature: public compliance with evacuation and quarantine

Mother Nature versus human nature: public compliance with evacuation and quarantine

Should states and local governments regulate dietary supplements?

Creating monsters for the greater good of humanity: Conflicting interests of science and homeland security

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