Hartsfield DeKeely, Moulton Anthony D, McKie Karen L
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga 30333, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr;97 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S56-61. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.082057. Epub 2007 Apr 5.
Model public health laws (public health laws or private policies publicly recommended by at least 1 organization for adoption by government bodies or by specified private entities) are promoted as exemplary. We assessed the information sponsors of model public health laws provide on the methods used in developing their models and on their models' adoption and effectiveness. Through a systematic search, we identified 107 model public health laws published from 1907 to 2004. As of our assessment in 2005, only 18 (44%) of the sponsors presented any information on the procedures and evidence used in developing their model public health laws; information on adoption was provided for only 7 (6.5%) model laws. No sponsors provided information on model effectiveness. We recommend sponsors improve their disclosure of information about the methods and evidence used in developing model public health laws and about their adoption and effectiveness.
示范性公共卫生法律(至少有1个组织公开推荐供政府机构或特定私人实体采用的公共卫生法律或私人政策)被作为典范加以推广。我们评估了示范性公共卫生法律的信息提供者就其制定示范法律所采用的方法以及示范法律的采用情况和成效所提供的信息。通过系统检索,我们识别出1907年至2004年期间发布的107项示范性公共卫生法律。截至我们2005年进行评估时,只有18项(44%)法律的提供者提供了有关制定其示范性公共卫生法律所采用程序和证据的任何信息;仅7项(6.5%)示范法律提供了有关采用情况的信息。没有提供者提供有关示范法律成效的信息。我们建议提供者改进其关于制定示范性公共卫生法律所采用方法和证据以及关于其采用情况和成效的信息披露。