Are Local Laws the Key to Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.
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Philadelphia's Lead Court Is Making a Difference
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Philadelphia's Lead Court shows compliance for lead hazard remediation improvement.
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.
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.
Stronger Partnerships for Safer Food
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: By bringing together state and local officials, their federal counterparts and diverse stakeholders of the food safety system, this project developed an agenda for strengthening state and local roles in the food safety system.
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.
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.
National Effort Made to Dispel Childhood Vaccination Concerns, Increase Immunization Rates
January 1, 2006 | Program Result
The National Network for Immunization Information developed an education campaign providing scientifically sound information about immunization to help parents, health care professionals and policy-makers make informed decisions.