Reducing Traumatic Brain Injuries in Youth Sports
May 16, 2013 | Journal Article
In an effort to reduce youth sports traumatic brain injuries (TBI), 44 states and Washington, D.C. have passed youth sports TBI legislation.
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Public Health Law Research
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
This article reviews the field of public health law research and its progress in both methodological rigor and in identifying sources of data.
The Health Impact Project: Advancing Smarter Policies for Healthier Communities
November 26, 2012 | 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.
An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention
November 2, 2012 | Report
This report proposes a framework to assess the value of community-based, non-clinical prevention policies and wellness strategies.
New Jersey's HIV Exposure Law and the HIV-Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Sexual and Seropositive Status Disclosure Behaviors of Persons Living with HIV
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A study of associations between HIV-positive people’s awareness of New Jersey’s HIV exposure law and their HIV-related attitudes, beliefs and seropositive disclosure behaviors found that awareness of the law had little effect on the disclosure behavior of HIV-positive individuals.
Graduated Driver Licensing Decal Law
October 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Teen drivers may not like it, but New Jersey's pioneering graduated driving license decal law is estimated to have prevented more than 1,600 crashes.
Schedule H and Hospital Community Opportunities and Challenges for the States
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Hilltop Institute’s Hospital Community Benefit Program is a central, objective resource for state and local decision-makers who seek to ensure that tax-exempt hospital community benefit activities are responsive to pressing community health need ...
Community Building and the Root Causes of Poor Health
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Hilltop Institute’s Hospital Community Benefit Program is a central, objective resource for state and local decision-makers who seek to ensure that tax exempt hospital community benefit activities are responsive to pressing community health need ...
Partnering to Preserve Senior Health in California's Public Health System
September 1, 2012 | Report
alifornia's population is growing and aging, but the public health and aging infrastructure is not keeping up. While demand increased, two-thirds of California's Local Health Departments (LHDs) and Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) experienced budget cuts in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, while nearly 40 percent faced staffing reductions.
Targeting Commercial Tobacco in the Navajo Nation
August 2, 2012 | 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.