April 1, 2002
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Program Result
The American Council on Science & Health conducted a study of the perspectives on tobacco policy of a wide range of U.S. liberal and conservative leaders (which in council terms are those representing the political left and the political right).
May 24, 2012
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Program Result
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.
November 26, 2012
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Program Result
The Health Impact Project is advancing the use of health impact assessments (HIAs), used to determine the potential health effects of a proposed policy or project. Interest in HIAs is growing at the local, state, tribal and federal levels.
August 2, 2012
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Program Result
With funding from RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Project spearheaded an ambitious effort to curb the use of commercial tobacco among the 300,000-member Navajo Nation.
October 12, 2011
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Program Result
Some 400 lawyers, health-related professionals and policy-makers attended the "Using Law, Policy and Research to Improve the Public's Health" conference to explore the role of law and policy in promoting global and domestic public health.
May 23, 2011
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Program Result
In late 2006, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania launched a website, YouthMediaRisk.org, to make data and findings of the center's Coding of Mental Health and Media Project (CHAMP) available to the public.
January 28, 2011
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Program Result
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.
May 18, 2010
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Program Result
Developing an accreditation system to encourage public health departments to measure their performance against national standards.
February 18, 2010
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Program Result
The National Association of County and City Health Officials developed a common operational definition of a local health department that reflects a shared understanding of what people in any community can reasonably expect.
September 18, 2009
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Program Result
The Public Health Law Association commissioned three articles published as a special supplement to the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 36, September 2008.
