Evaluation of Iowa’s Anti-Bullying Legislation: Compliance and Impact
This study will assess the implementation of Iowa’s anti-bullying legislation and the effects on student-reported bullying victimization.
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Measuring the Impact of Sources and Types of Funding on Health Care Outcomes for Children in Foster Care in Ohio
This study addresses: Does the source and/or type of funding, not just the amount of funding, impact health outcomes?
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What legal structures support national accreditation of public health agencies?
This project will use a mapping study to assess the status of accreditation laws, policies and regulations in 20 states that have been identified as having or making progress towards accreditation, followed by a mechanism study involving process tracing in six case study states to examine how and why states developed, adopted, and implemented a particular legal structure.
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Building Sustainability into State Public Health Laboratories: Addressing Legal Challenges to Sharing Services
This project is a series of qualitative case studies to better understand the legal challenges and opportunities, perceived and actual, related to shared delivery of laboratory services at the state level.
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An Examination of the Health Effect of Drug Laws and the Subsequent Restrictions Imposed via Welfare Reform on HIV Positive Individuals
In contrast to previous research, the PI will investigate the impact of drug laws and the subsequent sanctions imposed upon those formerly convicted of a drug law on the health of HIV positive individuals.
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Impact of Mental Health Parity Laws on Mental Health Treatment and Outcomes
This project analyzes the impact of state and federal parity laws designed to address the disparity between mental and physical health benefits in commercial insurance on mental health outcomes.
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Effects of Maryland Alcohol Tax Policy on Traffic-Related Injuries
In 2011, Maryland legislators introduced a 50 percent increase in the sales and use tax on alcoholic beverages. The effect of alcohol policy on non-fatal traffic injuries is unknown, as studies have focused on fatal injuries. This study aims to assess the effects of 2011 alcohol policy on the occurrence of fatal, as well as non-fatal injuries.
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Behavioral Economics, Courts, and Child Welfare
Behavioral economics is a strong lens through which to study the child welfare system and child maltreatment, both in how the parents, attorneys, caseworkers, and judges involved in the child welfare system make decisions and in how those decisions affect children’s outcomes and future prospects.
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What Role Do Police Play in Management of Violence and Health?
This project explores the nexus between criminal justice and public health by using a randomized controlled design to asses the impact of the foot-beat enforcement strategy.
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Do Mixed Use Land Zones Improve Public Health?
This project assesses the extent of the relationship between mixed-use zone comprehensiveness (as gleaned from municipal land use ordinances) and measures of walkability. The primary hypothesis is, controlling for city population size and SES, the higher mixed-use zone comprehensiveness (i.e. adherence to the American Planning Association’s model mixed-use zone), the higher its walkability. The unit of analysis is approximately 180 Mixed Land Use Zones in 25 California cities (with populations of 50,000 or above).