Testing the Results of Municipal Mixed-Use Zoning Ordinances
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
This article tests a novel methodological approach to understand mixed use zoning (MUZ) ordinances and their impact on neighborhood walkability.
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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.
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.
An [Un]clear Conscience Clause
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
By examining 20 state laws mandating insurance coverage of contraceptives, this article examines the sources and consequences of the ambiguity or the precision of the language.
The Politics of HPV Vaccination Policy Formation in the United States
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
This research focuses on the perception of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a program requiring policy action, and the political forces and environments surrounding it.
How Do Public Health Safeguards in Indian Patent Law Affect Pharmaceutical Patenting in Practice?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
The article examines the degree to which India’s section 3(d) impacts patent grant rates compared to Europe, a jurisdiction without 3(d) provisions.
Cops as Treatment Providers
April 15, 2013 | Journal Article
Using 60 small foot beat areas in Philadelphia, this study assesses the ways in which foot patrol officers’ roles are executed and negotiated in neighborhoods.
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.
A Survey of Stakeholder Knowledge, Experience, and Opinions of Advance Directives for Mental Health in Virginia
January 13, 2012 | Journal Article
An innovative Virginia health care law enables competent adults with serious mental illness to plan for treatment during incapacitating crises using an integrated advance directive with no legal distinction between psychiatric or other causes of decisional incapacity.
Targeting Commercial Tobacco in the Navajo Nation
August 2, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.