Introducing Law Students to Public Health Law through a Bed Bug Scenario

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (S2) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Bard
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Cimex Lectularius ◽  
Homeless Shelters ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Bed Bugs ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Bed Bug

Bedbugs are tiny, wingless insects which feed on mammal blood and leave behind painful, itchy sores. Although they can live in other settings, they are most commonly found in warm, dark places inhabited by humans, like beds. After being absent in the United States for over 60 years, thanks to powerful pesticides, bed bugs (Cimex lectularius), have returned in force and are present in every state and nearly every city. For reasons not entirely understood, bed bugs have developed resistance to traditional pesticides such as Permethrin and are therefore difficult to control. Although commonly believed to be associated with dirty housekeeping and associated with substandard housing, bed bugs are equally likely to be present in five-star hotels as they are in homeless shelters.

Repellency of Novel Catnip Oils Against the Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianhui Shi ◽  
Changlu Wang ◽  
James E Simon ◽  
William Reichert ◽  
Qingli Wu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cimex Lectularius ◽  
Bed Bugs ◽  
Bed Bug ◽  
Urban Pest ◽  
The Common

Abstract The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., resurged as an important urban pest in the last 20 yr. Yet, there are no commercial repellent products labeled for bed bugs available in the United States. We evaluated the repellency of two catnip oils from newly developed cultivars, CR3 and CR9, and compared each to 10 and 25% N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET). CR3 contains 63.4% E,Z-nepatalactone and 27.5% Z,E-nepatalactone, and CR9 contains 94.9% Z,E-nepatalactone. Arena studies showed that CR3 and CR9 oils were more effective than DEET within a 24-h period. At 10% concentration, both CR3 and CR9 oils exhibited a repellency of over 94% during the first 8 h. At 25% concentration, the repellency of CR3 and CR9 oils increased to 100%, and repellency of DEET was 92% during the first 24 h. Repellency of 25% CR3 and CR9 oils became lower than 25% DEET after being aged for 3 d. After 28-d aging, repellency of 25% CR3, CR9, and DEET reduced to 25, 64, and 92%, respectively. Soiled socks were placed above repellent treated bands to determine if the repellent can protect soiled socks from being infested. The 20% CR3 oil prevented 100% of bed bugs from infesting soiled socks showing that it was more effective than DEET. These results indicate that catnip oils from CR3 and CR9 cultivars are more repellent than DEET over a 24-h period following application, but their longevity is shorter than DEET after 72 h.

A Globalized Theory of Public Health Law

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Fidler
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Sovereign State ◽  
Health Laws

This symposium issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics indicates that interest in public health law in the United States is enjoying a renaissance. The focus of the articles reflects this renaissance, as they explore the state of public health law in various contexts within the United States. Additionally, all but one of the symposium authors plies his or her trade at a university, institution, or government agency in the United States. My task here is different: I focus on public health law within the context of international relations.Analyzing public health law with an international perspective proves no easy assignment. Examining the role of public health law in the proverbial global village takes the analysis out of the familiar territory of law operating within a single sovereign state. The analysis could take two forms. One could compare different national systems of public health law on specific issues. Such a comparative law approach would be interested in, for example, how the public health laws of the United States and South Africa differ in connection with regulating tobacco consumption.

scholarly journals Introduction to Public Health Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy E. Parmet ◽  
Markus Frischhut ◽  
Amandine Garde ◽  
Brigit Toebes
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
The United States ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Health Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Individual Liberty ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Individual Patient Level

This chapter provides an overview of public health law. In contrast to healthcare law, public health law seeks to protect health at a broad population, as opposed to an individual patient, level. The field of public health emphasizes prevention and health promotion, as opposed to the treatment of disease. The chapter looks at three critical areas of public health law: communicable disease control, the control of noncommunicable diseases, and efforts to address the social determinants of health. While the United States and Europe face broadly similar questions, the answers given often differ. In part, this is because the European Union is for the most part a supranational organization, while the United States is a more integrated, albeit federal, nation state. In addition, important distinctions between the legal traditions and the value given to individual liberty versus the public good provide a focus of the comparison between the US and European approaches to public health.

Building a Public Health Law and Policy Curriculum to Promote Skills and Community Engagement

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (S1) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy T. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Effective Community

This article describes implementation of a longitudinal curriculum in public health law, building on doctrinal coursework with skills-based coursework and opportunities for interdisciplinary, community-based engagement and service learning. It specifically describes development of a Policy Practicum, giving an example of how law students can learn policy skills and skills of effective community coalition work through a healthy homes partnership, highlighting areas where the curriculum can incorporate interdisciplinary education. It offers lessons learned during the curriculum-building process, and concludes with a more intensive service-learning strategy through the development of a Policy Lab.

scholarly journals A Survey of Bedbug (Cimex lectularius) Infestation in Some Homes and Hostels in Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onah Isegbe Emmanuel ◽  
Alu Cyprian ◽  
Omudu Edward Agbo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Cimex Lectularius ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Bed Bugs ◽  
Bed Bug ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference

A Survey of bed bug infestation in some homes and hostels, in Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria, was conducted from January to April, 2011. Bed frames, bunks, mattresses, pillows, chairs, and clothes were inspected. A total of 2,642 bed bugs were collected. 73.3% were from hostels while 26.7% were from homes. There was a significant difference between in the number of homes infested and those not infested (χ2=61.44,df=4,P<0.05). Nymphs were the most populated, with 292 (41.4%), followed by males 223 (31.6%), and females 190 (27.0%). There was no significant difference in the number of infested hostels and those not infested (χ2=0.8,df=4,P<0.05). The nymphs being the most populated with 901 (64.1%), followed by males 538 (36.1%), and then females 496 (35.3%). The greater number of infestation recorded in the hostels was as a result of poor hygiene, lack of adequate knowledge of the best control practices and the high population density. In homes, lack of the awareness of the resurgence of the emerging pest and lack of proper health education is responsible for the high infestation. Proactive approach should be taken towards public health education against bed bug infestation. Government and NGOs should take critical steps in preventing spread and stigma.

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