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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Science in Public Health Law And Policy: Evidence For Vaccines, Drugs, Stem Cells And Insurance
5049.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Science in Public Health Law And Policy: Evidence For Vaccines, Drugs, Stem Cells And Insurance
This program brings together national public health policy leaders to discuss the means through which evidence may be applied to critical current public health issues: vaccinations, access to care, drug safety, and stem cell research.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Analyze the evidence surrounding policy decisions concerning vaccinations, drug safety, stem cell research and government health insurance reform.
Organizer(s):Ross D. Silverman, JD, MPH
8:30 AMEvidentiary Base for Mandatory Vaccination and Strategies for Success
Daniel Salmon, PhD, MPH
8:50 AMPost-Market Drug Surveillance: Options for Reform  [ Recorded presentation ]
Robert Field, JD, MPH, PhD
9:10 AMEmbryonic stem cell research legislation & the "laboratory of the states": What American states can learn from the European stem cell regulatory experience
Kelley A. Friedgen, JD, MPH, Bettina Hanke
9:30 AMState mandated benefit review laws: The growth of evidence-based health insurance policy  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nicole M. Bellows, MHSA, Helen A. Halpin, PhD, Sara B. McMenamin, PhD, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Law Forum
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA