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May 24, 2012 | Program Result Report
Public Health Law Research promotes the effective use of law to improve public health. It does so through commissioning original research on the health impacts of laws and regulations and by promoting rigorous research methods.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Law, Carbondale, Ill., analyzed the issues in constitutional and federal law involved in prohibiting billboard advertising of tobacco products.
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (ISDEAA, PL 93-638) allows tribes to assume the management and control of health care programs from Indian Health Service (IHS) and to increase flexibility in health care program development.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Public health advocacy in the courts should be an important tool and there are several strategies to accomplish goals however, public health agendas will only be advanced in courts when public health experts partner with legal advocacy experts.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
In August 1995, the FDA proposed a rule to give it the power to regulate certain tobacco products containing nicotine on the basis that they meet the legal definition of drugs under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 1996, the General Hospital Corporation, Boston, carried out a controlled study assessed tobacco sales to minors, youth access to tobacco, and youth tobacco use in six Massachusetts communities.
July 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2003, a California-based research group, the Institute for the Future, used two exploratory grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to assess health care decision-makers' knowledge about new discoveries in genetics and to develop two proposals for a major educational initiative to inform health care leaders about the new discoveries, their clinical applications and the legal and ethical issues surrounding them. In 2002, RWJF turned down the two proposals partly bec...
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 1998 and 1999, the Advocacy Institute, Washington, planned, wrote and distributed 15 reports providing a nonpartisan analysis of issues relevant to five tobacco control proposals that came before the U.S. Senate during the 105th Congress.
January 4, 2011 | Issue Brief
Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.
January 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
Knowledge Asset: Case studies describe the nature of the threats of litigation against public health law and provide insight into how the public health officials responded to the threats.