Town Hall on Health and Well-being
Saturday, September 30, 2017
The Center for Public Health Law Research will join a town hall panel to discuss how the current political and legal environment may impact health and well-being.
News
Federal Ban on Marijuana Creates a Patchwork of Regulatory Strategies in 27 States and DC
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
A study published July 11, 2017 in Addiction finds that states are disparately regulating patient registration and civil rights, product safety labeling and packaging, and dispensaries, mimicking some aspects of federal prescription drug and controlled substances laws, and regulatory strategies used for alcohol, tobacco and traditional medicines.
Limited NIH Funding for Public Health Law Research May Present Barriers to Evidence-Based Policymaking
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
The National Institutes for Health (NIH) has supported public health law research, but not to the extent necessary to timely evaluate laws affecting the public’s health, according to a study published May 24, 2017 in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
New Study Finds Fewer Alcohol-Related Crashes in Maryland After Alcohol Sales Tax Increase
Monday, March 27, 2017
The 2011 increase in Maryland’s alcohol sales tax led to a decrease in traffic injuries involving alcohol, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Study Points to Economic Policies that Can Have Positive Health Benefits
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Three specific economic policies, namely higher tax credits for the poor, increasing state-level minimum wages and not requiring union membership as a condition of employment, can have positive health benefits, according to a study out today in Health Affairs.
New Study Shows Majority of Opioid Prescriptions are Highly Concentrated among Small Percentage of Florida Prescribers
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Four percent of Florida prescribers account for the majority of opioids on the market, according to a study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The study finds that these Florida high-risk prescribers accounted for 67 percent of the opioid volume and 40 percent of the total opioid prescriptions dispensed in the state between July 2010 and June 2011.
New Study Finds Boston’s 2011 Cigar Packaging & Pricing Law Reduces Cigar Availability
Thursday, April 7, 2016
A 2011 Boston regulation that set minimum pricing and packaging requirements has successfully reduced the availability of fruit-flavored cigars that were becoming increasingly popular among youth, according to a new study published in Tobacco Control.
Laws Can Increase Flu Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Workers
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Laws mandating flu vaccines for health care workers increase their vaccination rates, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, examines the relationship between state laws regulating flu vaccines for health care workers and the state-level immunization rates among health care workers between 2001-2011.
APHA Law Section Honors PHLR Grantees at 2015 APHA Annual Meeting
Thursday, November 5, 2015
The APHA Law Section awarded Public Health Law Research program grantees and others at a reception on November 2, 2015 at the 2015 APHA Annual Meeting in Chicago. The PHLR grantees who were recognized include: Y. Tony Yang, ScD, MPH, Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, MPH, MSc, Laine Rutkow, JD, PhD, and Shannon Fratteroli, PhD, MPH.
Below is the full list of award recipients:
PHLR at APHA 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
We'll be heading to Chicago from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, for the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting! If you're joining us there, or following along from afar, click below to find out what you can expect from the Public Health Law Research program.