title: A model approach for developing effective local public health policies: a North Carolina County responds to large-scale hog production.
abstract: When intensive livestock operations or other large-scale industrial facilities pose a threat to public health, elected officials have a responsibility to ensure that the public's health is protected. Local policymakers need to guarantee that the process offers ample opportunity for balanced community input, and that the policy base is sound and well reasoned. Government officials need to manage the process so that balanced perspectives are presented and respectfully heard. A model approach, similar to the one described here, will assist local officials in crafting reasonable health rules that protect the public health and that diverse stakeholders can accept.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Public Health Leadership Doctoral Program, Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: Vaughn Mamlin
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Upshaw
authors.forename: Melva Fager
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Okun
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D018672:Community Health Planning; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat; D009657:North Carolina; D011050:Policy Making; D011635:Public Health Administration; D013552:Swine