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.
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Public Health Role as Businesses, Residents Return to Boston
April 25, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NPR reported that business owners near the Boston Marathon blast site are beginning to return. To help make sure businesses can reopen safely, public health inspectors played a role. Longer term, public health also plays a mental health support role.
Public Health Touches Everybody: Washington State's Mary Selecky on Accreditation
April 22, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NewPublicHealth is speaking with directors of health departments who recently were accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board. We spoke with Mary Selecky, director of the Washington State health department, about accreditation.
Keeneland Q&A: Joe Selby
April 10, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Keeneland Q&A: Joe Selby
Keeneland 2013 Q&A: Glen Mays
April 9, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Keeneland 2013 Q&A: Glen Mays
NY State Releases Health Improvement Plan
April 4, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Prevention Agenda: New York State’s Health Improvement Plan is a 5-year plan to improve the health and quality of life for everyone who lives in New York State. Health improvement plans are a prerequisite for public health department accreditation.
“Unprecedented Destruction”: Ocean County Public Health Continues to Respond to Hurricane Sandy
March 11, 2013 | New Public Health Post
How the Ocean County, N.J., public health community continues to respond to the disaster.
The People’s Choice Health Awards
March 1, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the start of public voting for the People’s Choice Award in the HHSinnovates Program, which rewards outstanding projects led by HHS employees to solve critical health issues.
Local Public Health Departments Tackle Flu
January 28, 2013 | New Public Health Post
During the H1N1 outbreak of a few years ago, there was much greater funding for what the health departments were doing. I saw some magic happening then. They had the funds to hold clinics in very unusual places, such as local baseball stadiums and a ...
Faces of Public Health: Patricia Yang
January 10, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Three months have passed since Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. And while the number of people displaced by the storm has gone down from tens of thousands to the hundreds in different communities, some people are still without power or a permanen ...