Critical Opportunities for Public Health Law

A Call for Action

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ID11032718
AutoresMichelle M Mello (0000-0003-2877-4270, At the time this work was conducted, Michelle M. Mello was with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jennifer Wood was with the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Scott Burris was with Beasley School of Law, Temple University. Alexander C. Wagenaar was with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. Jennifer K. Ibrahim was with the Department of Public...), Jennifer Wood (0000-0002-0794-4288, At the time this work was conducted, Michelle M. Mello was with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jennifer Wood was with the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Scott Burris was with Beasley School of Law, Temple University. Alexander C. Wagenaar was with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. Jennifer K. Ibrahim was with the Department of Public...), Scott Burri (0000-0002-6013-5842, Temple University), Scott Burris (At the time this work was conducted, Michelle M. Mello was with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jennifer Wood was with the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Scott Burris was with Beasley School of Law, Temple University. Alexander C. Wagenaar was with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. Jennifer K. Ibrahim was with the Department of Public...), Alexander C Wagenaar (0000-0003-1674-6774, At the time this work was conducted, Michelle M. Mello was with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jennifer Wood was with the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Scott Burris was with Beasley School of Law, Temple University. Alexander C. Wagenaar was with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. Jennifer K. Ibrahim was with the Department of Public...), Jennifer K Ibrahim (At the time this work was conducted, Michelle M. Mello was with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jennifer Wood was with the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Scott Burris was with Beasley School of Law, Temple University. Alexander C. Wagenaar was with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. Jennifer K. Ibrahim was with the Department of Public...), Jennifer Ibrahim (0000-0001-6739-6933, Temple University), Jane Swanson (0000-0001-6455-8204, Temple University), J W Swanson (0000-0002-9534-3342, At the time this work was conducted, Michelle M. Mello was with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Jennifer Wood was with the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Scott Burris was with Beasley School of Law, Temple University. Alexander C. Wagenaar was with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. Jennifer K. Ibrahim was with the Department of Public...)
Ano2013
Volume103
Fascículo11
Páginas1979-1988
Data de publicação2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301281
PMID24028265
OpenAlexW2129489185
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas43

Although legal interventions are responsible for many sentinel public health achievements, law is underutilized as a tool for advancing population health. Our purpose was to identify critical opportunities for public health lawmaking. We articulated key criteria and illustrated their use with 5 examples. These opportunities involve significant health problems that are potentially amenable to change through law and for which an effective legal intervention is available: optimizing graduated driver licensing laws, increasing tax rates on alcoholic beverages, regulating sodium in foods, enacting laws to facilitate reversal of opioid overdoses, and improving mental health interventions in the college setting. We call for a national conversation about critical opportunities for public health law to advance evidence-based policymaking

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