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March 2003, Vol 93, No. 3 | American Journal of Public Health 397-399
© 2003 American Public Health Association

GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, AND LAW

The Politics of Emergency Health Powers and the Isolation of Public Health

John M. Colmers, MPH and Daniel M. Fox, PhD

The authors are with the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to John M. Colmers, MPH, Milbank Memorial Fund, 645 Madison Ave, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1905 (e-mail: jcolmers{at}milbank.org).

The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act became a contentious document in more than 30 states in 2001 and 2002. Controversy has focused on recommendations by the authors of the Model Act that seemed to accord higher priority to collective action in emergencies than to protecting privacy and property.

This situation has several causes that derive from the characteristics of public health emergencies during the past half century and the relative isolation of public health officials from both their colleagues in government and many members of the public.




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