Available PHLR resources on gun violence, mental illness and the law
Saturday, December 15, 2012
PHLR has a number of resources on the topics of gun violence, mental illness and the law:
News
PHLR Awards Scholarships to Researchers for 2012 Annual Meeting
Monday, December 3, 2012
PHLR has awarded five travel scholarships to public health law researchers and practitioners to attend the2012 PHLR Annual Grantee Meeting in New Orleans. This meeting provides a forum for current PHLR grantees to share research progress and findings, discuss methodological concerns and innovations, and identify effective ways to disseminate research results to inform public health law practice and policy debates.
The 2012 Scholarship Recipients:
Study Shows New Jersey’s Young Driver Decal Reduced Crashes
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
A new study shows that New Jersey's law requiring novice drivers to display a red decal on their license plates has prevented more than 1,600 crashes and helped police officers enforce regulations unique to new drivers. The first-in-the-nation decal provision went into effect in May 2010 as part of N.J.'s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) law.
Introducing LawAtlas!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
PHLR has launched its newest tool for providing access to public health law research: LawAtlas.org.
LawAtlas.org is an online portal that allows visitors to explore variation in laws across U.S. states and over time. This site currently provides access to data that maps laws relating to specific current public health issues like distracted driving, syringe exchange, overdose prevention and sports concussions, with many more to come in the near future.
Awareness of New Jersey HIV exposure law is not associated with reduced sexual risk behavior, study shows
Thursday, September 20, 2012
A New Jersey law requiring individuals with HIV to disclose their HIV-positive status to their sexual partners does not appear to be an effective HIV prevention intervention, according to a study published online on September 20 in the American Journal of Public Health.
NYU Grantee Publishes State Health Policy Assessment Research
Thursday, March 15, 2012
James Macinko, PhD, and Diana Silver, PhD, MPH, of New York University have published their article,"Improving State Health Policy Assessment: An Agenda for Measurement and Analysis," in the American Journal of Public Health.
Public Health Law Research Opens 4th Funding Round
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
PHLR, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has released its fourth call for proposals on studies that focus on the effects of laws and policies on public health.
The new call for proposals is available online: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21388
The deadline for submitting brief proposals is April 4, 2012 (3 p.m. EST).
Public Health Law Research Program Funds 15 New Studies
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The public health effects of laws on issues such as food safety, the health impacts of local power plants, youth concussions, and monitoring prescription drug use and access will be investigated through 15 new research projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Public Health Law Research (PHLR) program.
The grants announced today total more than $2 million. They include short-term studies of specific laws or regulations, long-term evaluations and time-sensitive studies, and legal datasets.
PHLR and Temple University to co-sponsor conference on law enforcement and public health
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Public Health Law Research and Temple University Beasley School of Law are co-sponsoring LEPH 2012: The First International Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health to be held in Melbourne, Australia, November 11-13, 2012.
Banta-Green and Kuszler Release Preliminary Findings of Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Law
Friday, November 18, 2011
PHLR grantees Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, and Patricia C. Kuszler, MD, JD, of the University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute released an issue brief of an evaluation of the legal intent, implementation, and outcomes of the 911 Good Samaritan Law.