Unit 5 Discussion Public Health

NameInstitutionCourseDate Quarantine tool in public healthQuarantine is a traditional method used to prevent a disease from spreading (Sutton, 2017). Its implementation was in a way that a condition equated a crime, which makes its practice a negative connotation. This paper outlines how to quarantine is justified in the constitution rights, substantive and procedural due process, how are used to protect individual rights, and explanation of my state policy and if it balances the rights of the individual and freedoms of the public and that of public health. Justification of quarantine in the constitutionQuarantine is used when the disease at hand is more dangerous and contagious, thus protecting other people's health. Quarantine last just long enough necessary to ensure no contraction of illness by the quarantined. Quarantine is used alongside other interventions, such as monitoring and surveys. Substantive and procedural due processProcedural due process includes the required steps of how the government may proceed in action; substantive due process is the notion that the due process protects certain rights unrelated to the procedure besides the legal proceedings. This process protects against brutality and one’s right in the fourteenth Amendments. Explanation of the state policyAccording