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Expanding the Ability of Practitioners and Scholars to Assess Law as a Tool to Improve Public Health

January 4, 2011 | Report

Knowledge Asset: An ongoing study examines the breadth of local public health decision-making authority and describes how local public health ordinances fill gaps in or supplement existing state and federal public health ordinances.

Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions

January 10, 2010 | Issue Brief

Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.

Making Better Use of the Policies and Funding We Already Have

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

The potential for population health reform could be enhanced by assessing whether we have made the cost of policies and resources already available.

What is the Scope, Focus and Impact of Public Health Ordinances?

November 24, 2010 | Program Result Report

Researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing and the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing documented the scope, breadth and content of local public health ordinances and developed a blueprint for drawing up ordinances.

Agency Discretion and Public Health Service Delivery

October 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This study looked at how changes in law shape the public health system.

Major Components and Themes of Local Public Health Laws in Select U.S. Jurisdictions

March 1, 2009 | Journal Article

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is supporting research into how local authorities regulate public health issues. This article presents data related to municipal statutes themselves. Future research will address how local ordinances relate to state law.

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