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Book Links National Order and Public Health to Poor Inner-City Neighborhoods

September 1, 2006 | Program Result

Rodrick Wallace, PhD, and Deborah Wallace, PhD, conducted research and published a book addressing the social, economic and political decay that underlies the rise of AIDS, tuberculosis, drug abuse and violent crime.

Conference Examines Where Health Issues Intersect the Law

July 1, 2004 | Program Result

The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Boston, and the CDC jointly sponsored the second annual national conference, "The Public's Health and the Law in the 21st Century," held June 16-18, 2003 in Atlanta.

Annual Conference Explores how Public Policy Affects Families

June 1, 2000 | Program Result

The Children, Youth and Family Consortium and The Child and Family Policy Center co-sponsored two Family Re-Union conferences in which policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels explore how public policy affects families in the United States.

Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws that Improve Health

May 24, 2012 | 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.

Support for the FDA's Regulation of Tobacco

October 12, 2011 | Program Result

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids supported the FDA's new authority to regulate tobacco by monitoring tobacco industry practices, assessing and translating scientific evidence, and defending the FDA against legal challenges.

Threats of Litigation Against Proposed Public Health Laws

January 4, 2011 | Program Result

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.

Regulating for the Public Good in New York City

March 14, 2013 | Program Result

Researchers studied public health policies in New York City and elsewhere, including bans on transfats, limits on exhaust emissions, and taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, to determine how best to move such policies through the political process.

Collaborative Community Involvement Could Improve Public Health

March 1, 2005 | Program Result

National Charrette Institute conducted a literature review on collaborative public involvement practices and convened a best practices forum with experts from a variety of disciplines that use public involvement processes to promote and improve public health.

Award Honors Mid-Career Public Health Advocates Who Focus on Policy Change

January 1, 2002 | Program Result

The Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning established the David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health. The award honors the achievements of the founding and longtime director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Under the Influence

December 1, 2000 | Program Result

The American Medical Association organized the national conference, "Alcohol Policy XI – Common Goals, Common Challenges: Creating Alcohol-Safe Communities Through Alcohol Policies."

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