scholarly journals Using Societal Values to Inform Public Health Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Preference Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-307
Author(s):  
Rachael L. DiSantostefano ◽  
Fern Terris-Prestholt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Societal Values ◽  
Health Preference

Litigation as Public Health Policy: Theory or Reality?

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. Jacobson ◽  
Soheil Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Policy Theory ◽  
Health Goals

An ongoing debate among legal scholars and public health advocates is the role of litigation in shaping public policy. For the most part, the debate has been waged at a conceptual level, with opponents and proponents arguing within fairly well-defined boundaries. The debate has been based either on speculation of what litigation could achieve or on ideological grounds as to why litigation should or should not be used this way. With the exception of Rosenberg's study of how litigation shaped policy in civil rights, abortion, and environmental matters, there is almost no empirical support for either position.In recent years, the most ardent proponents of litigation as public policy have been public health advocates. Perhaps out of frustration with the inability to achieve desired public health goals through the legislative branch of government, public health advocates have pursued litigation as an alternative strategy. Beginning with tobacco class action litigation in the early 1990s and continuing with litigation against gun manufacturers at the end of that decade, public health advocates have waged a veritable litigation assault aimed at changing how public health policy is formed.

scholarly journals Overview of drug induced liver injury in Brazil: What is the role of public health policy on the evidence?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-55
Author(s):  
Matheus William Becker ◽  
Karin Hepp Schwambach ◽  
Michele Lunardelli ◽  
Carine Raquel Blatt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Liver Injury ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Drug Induced ◽  
Drug Induced Liver Injury
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