title: The Public Health Workforce and Willingness to Respond to Emergencies: A 50-State Analysis of Potentially Influential Laws.
abstract: Law plays a critical role in all stages of a public health emergency, providing an infrastructure for planning, response, and recovery efforts. A growing body of research has underscored the potential for certain types of state laws, such as those granting liability protections to responders, to influence the public health workforce's participation in emergency responses. It is therefore especially important to focus on particular state-level laws that may be associated with individuals' increased or decreased willingness to respond. We conducted a systematic identification and analysis of specific state emergency preparedness laws that may affect individuals' willingness to respond and offer recommendations for policymakers seeking to promote more effective responses to public health emergencies.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Lainie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rutkow
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Jon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Vernick
authors.affiliation: Research Assistant in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gakh
authors.affiliation: Research Assistant in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.affiliation: Assistant Scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Carol B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Barnett
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States