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Rebecca Project for Human Rights Expands Advocacy

May 3, 2011 | Program Result

From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.

Database Searches Can Uncover Health Outcomes of Social Policies, University of Pennsylvania Study Finds

October 6, 2009 | Program Result

Researchers worked to evaluate the usefulness of electronic database searches in identifying the population health outcomes of social policies in education, social welfare and criminal justice.

Educational Reform Efforts

October 13, 2009 | Program Result

When trying to implement system change, make sure that you understand the system and the barriers to change.

Larry Wants to Take Care of Himself

October 31, 2008 | Program Result

Like many low-income seniors in Minnesota, Larry wants to take care of himself, but he needs some help.

Conference Examines Where Health Issues Intersect the Law

July 1, 2004 | Program Result

The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Boston, and the CDC jointly sponsored the second annual national conference, "The Public's Health and the Law in the 21st Century," held June 16-18, 2003 in Atlanta.

Annual Conference Explores how Public Policy Affects Families

June 1, 2000 | Program Result

The Children, Youth and Family Consortium and The Child and Family Policy Center co-sponsored two Family Re-Union conferences in which policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels explore how public policy affects families in the United States.

Tougher Laws Needed to Protect Teenage Workers, Including Those on Farms

June 1, 1999 | Program Result

Starting in December 1996, an expert panel convened by the National Research Council's Board on Children, Youth, and Families studied the health and safety implications of child labor.

National Survey on Drug Policy Shows Education and Insurance-Paid Treatment Best Tools for Curbing Abuse

December 29, 2007 | Program Result

Researchers at the National Opinion Research Center surveyed adults across the country to determine their preferences regarding education, interdiction, law enforcement and treatment alternatives for addressing the nation's drug problem.

Book Links National Order and Public Health to Poor Inner-City Neighborhoods

September 1, 2006 | Program Result

Rodrick Wallace, PhD, and Deborah Wallace, PhD, conducted research and published a book addressing the social, economic and political decay that underlies the rise of AIDS, tuberculosis, drug abuse and violent crime.

Investigator's Book Suggests that Politicians are Not Swayed by Public Opinion When Making Policy Decisions

August 1, 2005 | Program Result

Lawrence R. Jacobs, PhD, from the University of Minnesota, co-authored the book, Politicians Don't Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2000.

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