Collecting and Disseminating Public Health Data Disaggregated by Race and Ethnicity to Advance Health Equity: Navigating the Legal Issues

With accurate and complete public health data, public health practitioners and policymakers can be better equipped to interpret and use data to dismantle the legal, social, political, and economic systems that create health inequities. This webinar will highlight the essential takeaways from the newly published Disaggregation of Public Health Data by Race & Ethnicity: A Legal Handbook. Legal experts on the use and sharing of public health data will outline the current legal landscape and identify actionable opportunities to use the law to improve public health data collection and dissemination.

By attending this webinar, you will:

• obtain an overview of the current landscape of data sharing in public health and why the need for disaggregated data is so urgent
• learn about the legal authority of State, Tribal, and local public health departments  to collect public health data
• understand the legal facilitators for disseminating disaggregated data and considerations for intergovernmental data sharing

Moderator:

• Aila Hoss, J.D., associate professor, Indiana University McKinney School of Law

Presenters:

• Stephen Murphy, J.D. senior attorney, Network for Public Health Law—Mid-States Region Office
• Carrie Waggoner, J.D. deputy director, Network for Public Health Law—Mid-States Region Office
• Annie Fine, M.D., chief science and surveillance officer, Senior Advisor to Data Modernization Initiative, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

You may qualify for CLE credit. ASLME is an approved provider of continuing legal education credits in several states ASLME will also apply for CLE credits in other states upon request. An email from ASLME regarding CLE credits will be sent to attendees following the webinar.