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May 22, 2013 | News Release
The Network for Public Health Law and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Scholars in Residence, a fellowship program designed to bring the expertise of legal scholars to assist public health agencies in tackling pressing health issues.
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.
November 24, 2010 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing and the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing documented the scope, breadth and content of local public health ordinances and developed a blueprint for drawing up ordinances.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study looked at how changes in law shape the public health system.
May 30, 2009 | Program Result Report
In early 2006, ASTHO (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials) began the Public Health Law and Policy Initiative to address the needs of state health officials related to law and legislative matters.
May 28, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists provided guidance to help public health practitioners understand how privacy laws at the federal, state and local level, affect the performance of essential public health activities.
January 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
This 1996-1998 project compared the health agency enabling statutes from 50 states and one territory and mission statements from 42 states and one territory with the standard of practice held by professionals in the field.
December 18, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers investigated existing state laws and policies that could help public health agencies win approval from the Public Health Accreditation Board.
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, ...
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.