TY - JOUR
T1 - Transitions in state public health law
T2 - Comparative analysis of state public health law reform following the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act
AU - Meier, Benjamin Mason
AU - Hodge, James G.
AU - Gebbie, Kristine M.
PY - 2009/3/1
Y1 - 2009/3/1
N2 - Given the public health importance of law modernization, we undertook a comparative analysis of policy efforts in 4 states (Alaska, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Nebraska) that have considered public health law reform based on the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act. Through national legislative tracking and state case studies, we investigated how the Turning Point Act's model legal language has been considered for incorporation into state law and analyzed key facilitating and inhibiting factors for public health law reform. Our findings provide the practice community with a research base to facilitate further law reform and inform future scholarship on the role of law as a determinant of the public's health.
AB - Given the public health importance of law modernization, we undertook a comparative analysis of policy efforts in 4 states (Alaska, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Nebraska) that have considered public health law reform based on the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act. Through national legislative tracking and state case studies, we investigated how the Turning Point Act's model legal language has been considered for incorporation into state law and analyzed key facilitating and inhibiting factors for public health law reform. Our findings provide the practice community with a research base to facilitate further law reform and inform future scholarship on the role of law as a determinant of the public's health.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2008.140913
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2008.140913
M3 - Article
C2 - 19150900
AN - SCOPUS:61549104410
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 99
SP - 423
EP - 430
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 3
ER -