scholarly journals Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health: A Framework for Public Health Law Research

2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT BURRIS ◽  
ALEXANDER C. WAGENAAR ◽  
JEFFREY SWANSON ◽  
JENNIFER K. IBRAHIM ◽  
JENNIFER WOOD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Improve Health

Mapping the Scope and Opportunities for Public Health Law in Liberal Democracies

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger S. Magnusson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Improve Health

The two questions, “What is public health law?” and “How can law improve the public’s health?”, are perennial ones for public health law scholars. They are ideological questions because perceptions about the proper boundaries of law’s role will shape perceptions of what law can do, in an operational sense, to improve health outcomes. They are also theoretical questions, in the sense that, without closing down debate about the limits of public health law, these questions can be addressed by mapping the range of perspectives on how law might “go to work” for the public’s health. Finally, these are immensely practical questions. On our ability to understand the roles that law can play in public health improvement rests our capacity, as a society, to use law strategically as a policy tool.

Making the Case for Laws that Improve Health: A Framework for Public Health Law Research

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott C. Burris ◽  
Alexander Wagenaar ◽  
Jeffrey W. Swanson ◽  
Jennifer K. Ibrahim ◽  
Jennifer Wood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Improve Health

Major Trends in Public Health Law and Practice: A Network National Report

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 737-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Hodge ◽  
Leila Barraza ◽  
Jennifer Bernstein ◽  
Courtney Chu ◽  
Veda Collmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Practice Skills ◽  
Improve Health

Public health law research reveals significant complexities underlying the use of law as an effective tool to improve health outcomes across populations. The challenges of applying public health law in practice are no easier. Attorneys, public health officials, and diverse partners in the public and private sectors collaborate on the front lines to forge pathways to advance population health through law. Meeting this objective amidst competing interests requires strong practice skills to shift through sensitive and sometimes urgent calls for action to address known threats to the health of individuals and the community. It also necessitates objective, timely information and national and regional legal support.

Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health: The Work of the Public Health Law Research National Program Office

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (S1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott C. Burris ◽  
Evan D. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
American Society ◽  
Improve Health

No one who attended the 2010 national public health law conference hosted by the Public Health Law Association (PHLA) and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) could miss the sense of excitement and momentum. The revival of this annual public health law meeting, with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the energetic leadership of the PHLA president and board, ASLME’s expert guidance, and a rousing address by Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), symbolize the continued commitment of a wide range of important individuals and institutions to the proposition that law is of substantial importance to public health. But there is more than just symbolism to be excited about. CDC’s public health law program continues to champion efforts to promote the use and understanding of law as a public health tool.

Guidelines for Reviewing National Public Health Law

Medicne pravo ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Andre den Exter ◽  
◽  
Alexey Goryainov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
National Public Health

Synergising International Public Health Law and International Disaster Law

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Pratik DIXIT
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
International Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
International Public Health ◽  
Health Regulations

There is no time more opportune to review the workings of the International Health Regulations (IHR) than the present COVID-19 crisis. This article analyses the theoretical and practical aspects of international public health law (IPHL), particularly the IHR, to argue that it is woefully unprepared to protect human rights in times of a global public health crisis. To rectify this, the article argues that the IHR should design effective risk reduction and response strategies by incorporating concepts from international disaster law (IDL). Along similar lines, this article suggests that IDL also has a lot to learn from IPHL in terms of greater internationalisation and institutionalisation. Institutionalisation of IDL on par with IPHL will provide it with greater legitimacy, transparency and accountability. This article argues that greater cross-pollination of ideas between IDL and IPHL is necessary in order to make these disciplines more relevant for the future.

Public Health Law Research

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 499-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer K. Ibrahim ◽  
Scott Burris ◽  
Scott Hays
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law
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