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April 25, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Last week’s Keeneland Conference included a session that looked at research in the area of law and legal process. The session was moderated by Scott Burris, JD, director of Public Health Law Research, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ...
April 6, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A new report finds that some existing laws on the books across the nation offer critical opportunities to improve Americans’ health through the use of health impact assessments. >>Read more on the new report. >>Follow our coverage from the National ...
April 6, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A new report, "Legal Review Concerning the Use of Health Impact Assessments in Non-Health Sectors," released yesterday at the inaugural National Health Impact Assessment Meeting, finds that a wide variety of existing laws offer important opportuniti ...
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study found that mortality rates fell between 1.1 percent and 6.9 percent for each 10 percent increase in local public health spending.
February 7, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference last week had several sessions on creating easier access to transportation alternatives that reduce dependence on motor vehicles. A recent study in the journal Health Place by Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, senio ...
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
The concept of Health in All Policies aims to improve the health outcomes associated with policies in an attempt to mitigate health disparities and provide optimal environments for healthier living.
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
The governance structures of state public health systems vary as much as the states themselves, including the existence and role of state boards of health. Understanding these differences is essential to a complete understanding of the governmental public health enterprise.
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) stores almost 4 million dried blood spot specimens (DBS) in the Michigan Neonatal Biobank. DBS are collected from newborns under a mandatory public health program to screen for serious conditions.
October 31, 2011 | News Release
Research findings uncover targeted outreach to African Americans and Latinos.
October 5, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Passing smoke-free measures is almost always harder than you might think, according to a new blog post from the Public Health Law Network. The post describes the recent efforts in Bullitt County, Kentucky, where a regulation drafted by the board of ...