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February 28, 2013 | New Public Health Post
A new article published by the Association of American Medical Colleges highlights the important work of medical-legal partnerships. These efforts improve the health and well-being of low-income and other vulnerable populations by addressing unmet l ...
February 15, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The Aspen Institute’s Justice and Society Program, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is accepting applications for a new project, the Excellence in State Public Health Law program. The one-year program will bring together and pr ...
February 12, 2013 | New Public Health Post
>>Read the study (subscription required). >>Watch a video interview with Professor Frank Sloan. >>Bonus Link: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently issued final recommendations that call for clinicians to screen all women of childbearing ...
January 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is the keynote speaker at the opening session of the Public Health Law Research annual meeting that started yesterday afternoon in New Orleans. ...
January 15, 2013 | News Release
Researchers to examine issues ranging from bullying and distracted driving laws to alcohol control and restaurant grading systems.
January 14, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Public Health Law Research (PHLR), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will hold its annual meeting in New Orleans this week. NewPublicHealth will be on the ground covering sessions on research in public health law as well as posting in ...
November 6, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Public Health Law Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation housed at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, recently released a new, comprehensive online portal called LawAtlas that allows users to explore variation i ...
October 30, 2012 | New Public Health Post
While post-tropical-cyclone storm Sandy is still packing some punches in several states, other communities are beginning to clean up, and unearth the lessons learned. One critical lesson: how to get more people to pay attention to evacuation warning ...
October 23, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A new study out this week finds New Jersey’s law requiring novice drivers to display a red decal on their license plates was effective in helping police officers enforce regulations unique to new drivers, and in preventing crashes. New Jersey is the ...
October 17, 2012 | New Public Health Post
What new laws or changes to existing laws—even simple ones—could dramatically improve public health in communities across the country? Last week's Public Health Law Conference closed with a “Critical Opportunities” event discussing just that. During ...