Form 0920-23DP Att.H-1_PHLFellowPost_WordVersion

Form approved

OMB No. 0920-XXXX

Expiration date: XX/XX/XXXX

Public Health Law Fellowship — End of Program Survey

As your time as a public health law fellow winds down, we request that you complete a brief survey similar to the survey you completed before your fellowship to help us assess how participating in the fellowship affected your professional skills and career progression. The survey asks a series of questions about your time in the fellowship, your skills, and your plans. Participation in the survey is completely voluntary.

The requested information is used for assessment and continuous quality improvement of CDC fellowship activities and services. CDC will securely treat data/information and will not disclose it unless otherwise compelled by law. All data will be used to evaluate and improve the Public Health Law Fellowship and will be reported only in the aggregate.

This survey is anonymous and confidential. Participation in the survey is completely voluntary. As a result, we will not be able to follow up with individual responses because we will not know who entered them. If you would like to speak with someone regarding your responses, please reach out directly to the fellowship coordinators.

To complete this survey, please select the answer that applies to each question posed below. If it is possible to choose more than one answer, the question will have an instruction to select all that apply.

Text-To-Speech functionality is enabled. It is set to off but can be turned on when clicked. This will enable the text to be read out loud. You must have computer speakers turned on.

There is no time limit to complete the survey. All questions will be displayed on one page. You will see two options at the bottom of the page, “Save & Return Later” and “Submit,” indicating the end of the survey.

Before submitting your survey, you may save your progress and return later to complete the survey by selecting the “Save & Return Later” option at the bottom of the page. If you select “Save & Return Later,” you will be given a return code when leaving a survey. The return code is required to re-enter and finish the survey. We are not able to retrieve lost codes, so if you cannot find your code, you will need to restart the survey. Selecting “Save & Return Later” does not submit your answers.

To submit your answers, you must select “Submit.” Your survey responses will be submitted, and you will see a survey completion note thanking you for your submission. You will not be able to edit your responses once your survey is submitted.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Abigail Ferrell ([email protected]).

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Please select the duration of your fellowship:

• Semester

• Academic year

• Calendar year

On average, how many hours per week did you work? _________________________

Which public health topics did you work on during your fellowship? Please select all that apply.

• Health equity

• Vaccination

• Emergency preparedness and response

• Environmental health

• Maternal and child health

• Coroner/medical examiner laws

• Public health data systems

• General legal counsel/clerkships

• Other (please specify) ______

During your fellowship, did you participate in a public health emergency response?

• Yes

• No

What was the public health emergency? _________________________

How long did you participate in the response? ________________________________

What was your role in the response? Select all that apply.

• Legal research and analysis

• Legal epidemiology or policy surveillance

• Administrative tasks (tasks that still relate to law but are not legal in nature, and might include, but are not limited to, drafting non-research related manuscripts or coordinating legal research team meetings)

• Non-legal tasks (tasks that did not relate to law; they might be administrative or non-administrative, and might include, but are not limited to, researching non-legal public health issues or coordinating non-legal projects)

• Other (please specify) ______

Would you have liked to work on an emergency response?

• Yes

• No

Why did you not participate in an emergency response? Select all that apply.

• No public health emergencies during the fellowship

• I was not offered the opportunity by my host site even though the host site does allow fellows to participate in emergency responses

• My host site does not allow fellows to participate in emergency response

• Other (please specify) __________

During your fellowship, was your work related to reducing health disparities or improving public health equity?

• Yes

• No

Please explain your work related to reducing health disparities or improving health equity? __________________________________

On which public health topic did you work on reducing health disparities or improving health equity? __________________________________

What type of work did you do around this topic? Select all that apply.

• Legal research and analysis

• Legal epidemiology or policy surveillance

• Administrative tasks (tasks that still relate to law but are not legal in nature, and might include, but are not limited to, drafting non-research related manuscripts or coordinating legal research team meetings)

• Non-legal tasks (tasks that did not relate to law; they might be administrative or non-administrative, and might include, but are not limited to, researching non-legal public health issues or coordinating non-legal projects)

• Other (please specify) ______

Would you have liked to work on health disparity- or health equity-related projects?

• Yes

• No

Why did you not work on health disparity- or health equity-related projects? Select all that apply.

• My host site did not engage in this kind of work

• I was not offered the opportunity by my host site even though the host site does allow fellows to participate in health equity work

• My host site does not allow fellows to participate in health equity work

• Other (please specify) _________

When thinking about my overall experience in the fellowship, I am:

• Very satisfied

• Satisfied

• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

• Dissatisfied

• Very dissatisfied

When thinking specifically about the projects I had the opportunity to work on, I am:

• Very satisfied

• Satisfied

• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

• Dissatisfied

• Very dissatisfied

Please explain why you were or were not satisfied with the projects you had the opportunity to work on. __________________________________

What are your immediate plans after completing the fellowship?

• Pursue a JD

• Pursue a PhD

• Pursue a master's degree

• Seek employment in a public health law/policy-related position

• Seek employment in a public health position that is not law/policy

• Seek employment in a legal position that is not public health-related

• Seek employment in a field other than public health

• Not sure

• Other (please specify) ________

I intend to pursue public health law/policy as a profession.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Neither agree nor disagree

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

I intend to use legal epidemiology methods in my future work.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Neither agree nor disagree

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

When thinking about the workplace culture at my host site, I am:

• Very satisfied

• Satisfied

• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

• Dissatisfied

• Very dissatisfied

Please explain your satisfaction with the workplace culture at your host site. __________________________________

My host site supervisor provided ongoing and timely feedback on my projects.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Neither agree nor disagree

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

I had a good working relationship with my host site supervisor.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Neither agree nor disagree

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

Your previous answers indicate that might identify as having a disability. Did you require an accommodation for your disability?

• Yes

• No

• Prefer not to answer

Did you receive an appropriate accommodation from your host site?

• Yes

• No

• Prefer not to answer

Is there anything else you would like us to know related to disabilities or accommodations? __________________________________

For the following questions, please rate your skills in areas related to public health law/policy. Your answers to these questions will be used only to compare your fellowship cohort's collective self-ratings to the welcome survey baseline, and will be reported only in the aggregate

	Very strong	Strong	Moderate	Weak	Very weak
Describe basic public health law principles
Describe basic legal epidemiology concepts
Describe how law contributes to population health
Identify opportunities to include legal epidemiology in existing organizational activities
Identify opportunities to assess the potential impact of laws and policies on the social determinants of health
Identify opportunities to assess the potential impact of laws and policies on health equity
Identify the laws and policies applicable to a public health issue
Use relevant databases to track legal and policy information
Develop methods for collecting valid legal data
Apply a legal epidemiology coding system to collected laws and policies
Identify variations in laws and policies between jurisdictions over time
Identify data sources and analytical tools relevant to evaluate the health outcomes of laws and policies
Identify key findings of your data collection and analysis
Create audience-appropriate oral and visual presentations
Identify actionable next steps to improve health outcomes based on legal epidemiology data
Identify law-based tools available to public health agencies during a public health emergency
Describe a health department's legal authority to address public health problems and the limits on that authority
Identify law based tools for improving health equity
Describe health equity issues relevant to a given public health topic

How confident are you in your ability to contribute to the public health law/policy field throughout your career?

• Very confident

• Confident

• Somewhat confident

• Slightly confident

• Not confident

How confident are you in your ability to conduct a legal epidemiology assessment?

• Very confident

• Confident

• Somewhat confident

• Slightly confident

• Not confident

How effective do you think public health law/policy are as tools to protect and promote public health?

• Very effective

• Effective

• Somewhat effective

• Slightly effective

• Not effective

How effective do you think legal epidemiology methods are as tools to understand public health problems?

• Very effective

• Effective

• Somewhat effective

• Slightly effective

• Not effective

Legal tools, legal actions, and policy can effectively improve health outcomes.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Neither agree nor disagree

• Disagree

• Strongly disagree

Is there any other information you would like to share about your time in the fellowship? __________________________________