Public Health Infrastructure

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What is the Impact of Local Health Department Structure and Policy on Public Health?

This study examines the policies and structures of local and state health departments, and how they impact public health. The study will focus on the structural arrangements of the local boards of health (such as whether the boards of health are elected or appointed) and the level of state health department centralization, and how they affect performance, fiscal health, innovation, collaboration, and strategic planning.

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Public Health Infrastructure
How Does the Legal Authority for Infectious Disease Surveillance Affect States' Ability to Respond to Emerging Threats

This study assess whether state reporting laws for novel H1N1 influenza and emerging infections impact the ability of public health to collect data elements on individual cases; whether state reporting laws for novel H1N1 influenza and emerging infections impact the ability of public health to develop recommendations for disease prevention, control, and treatment, and the effect of “home rule” in a state’s infectious disease reporting structure on the state’s ability to develop such recommendations.
Topic:
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Public Health Infrastructure
Does Mandatory Public Infection Reporting Affect Infection Rates?

This study will explore whether reporting induces hospitals to reduce actual health care-associated infection (HAI) rates, reported rates, or both; whether infection preventionists and consumers use the reports; compare the effectiveness of different reporting schemes; and assess how public health agency choices in implementing these programs affect their success.
Topic:
Health Services
Public Health Infrastructure
Moving from Intuition to Evidence-Based Practice: Can Family Courts Promote Public Health?

Despite decades of interventions, research suggests intimate partner violence prevalence rates are increasing and results in increased healthcare costs for up to three years even after the violence has ceased. This study examines the intimate partner violence protection order process and whether legal mechanisms can be enhanced to improve victims’ health outcomes.
Topic:
Injury and Violence Prevention
Public Health Infrastructure
Reassessing the Effectiveness of Prescription Monitoring Programs

Prescription drug overdose deaths, mostly from opioid pain relievers, now outpace motor vehicle fatalities in most states. In about 35 states, electronic databases known as prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) are intended to reduce abuse of prescription drugs and overdose by tracking pharmacy dispensing and making data available to clinicians and law enforcement. This study will provide evidence-based information of effectiveness to administrators and inform policy decisions at the national level.

Topic:
Injury and Violence Prevention
Public Health Infrastructure
What Role Do Police Play in Management of Violence and Health?

This project explores the nexus between criminal justice and public health by using a randomized controlled design to asses the impact of the foot-beat enforcement strategy.

Topic:
Injury and Violence Prevention
Public Health Infrastructure
Behavioral Economics, Courts, and Child Welfare

Behavioral economics is a strong lens through which to study the child welfare system and child maltreatment, both in how the parents, attorneys, caseworkers, and judges involved in the child welfare system make decisions and in how those decisions affect children’s outcomes and future prospects.
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Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Public Health Infrastructure
Measuring the Impact of Sources and Types of Funding on Health Care Outcomes for Children in Foster Care in Ohio

This study addresses: Does the source and/or type of funding, not just the amount of funding, impact health outcomes?
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Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Public Health Infrastructure
Building the Evidence: Creating a Framework for Assessing Costs and Impacts of Joint Use Agreements

This study will enumerate the costs, implementation barriers, facilitators, and the administrative and financial burden that joint-use agreements (JUAs) may impose on schools that in turn can impact children's access to recreational activity.

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Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Physical Activity
Public Health Infrastructure
How Does Regulating Pseudoephedrine Access Affect Methamphetamine-related Public Health Outcomes?

This study will measure whether quantity restrictions, electronic tracking, or a doctor’s prescription requirement for purchases of pseudoephedrine reduce the public health costs of methamphetamine production and use.
Topic:
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Injury and Violence Prevention
Public Health Infrastructure

Law, Data, & Maps

Laws Addressing Public Health Authority to Respond to Emergencies

This longitudinal dataset captures laws addressing authority to respond to public health emergencies that were enacted between May 21, 2022, and September 23, 2024, in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

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Legal Maps
State Laws Directing Opioid Litigation Proceeds

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Legal Maps
Post-Dobbs State Abortion Restrictions and Protections

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion prior to viability. Under Roe v. Wade, the legal landscape of abortion was a complex patchwork of state laws and court decisions regulating access to the procedure. The Dobbs decision further compromised abortion access by allowing states to ban all or most abortions.
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Legal Maps
State Legislation Addressing Public Health Emergency Authority

State laws setting the scope and limits of emergency authority are crucial to an effective public health response. This suite of legal data captures details of legislation that addresses emergency health authority introduced between January 1, 2021, and May 20, 2022, in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.
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Legal Maps
Sentinel Surveillance of Emerging Laws Limiting Public Health Emergency Orders

This longitudinal sentinel surveillance dataset provides an overview of laws that limit the authority of a governor, state health agency, or state health official, regarding public health emergency orders. The dataset covers all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and includes laws that were enacted since January 1, 2021, and were effective on or before May 20, 2022.

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Legal Maps
Patient Affordability and Debt Collection Policies at 340B Program Hospitals

This research collected Financial Assistance Policies and related debt collection policies from a representative sample of 75 340B hospitals to better understand financial support for pharmaceuticals for low-income populations.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
COVID-19 State Medicaid Waivers for Substance Use Disorder Treatment

This dataset is cross-sectional and displays key features of state Medicaid Waivers addressing COVID-19 across all 50 states and the District of Columbia approved as of July 1, 2021.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
State Certificate of Need Laws

This map displays key features of state certificate of need laws across all 50 states, in effect as of August 21, 2020.

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Legal Maps
Commercial Insurance and Medicaid Coverage of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

This dataset, which is published to the Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System (PDAPS.org) is longitudinal and displays key features of state commercial insurance and Medicaid coverage laws related to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in effect between August 1, 2017 and August 1, 2020.

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Legal Maps
Requirements for Licensure and Operations of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

This dataset, which is published to the Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System (PDAPS.org), is cross-sectional and displays key features of licensing requirements related to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment for facilities and providers across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in effect as of August 1, 2020.

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Legal Maps

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What is the Impact of Local Health Department Structure and Policy on Public Health?

How Does the Legal Authority for Infectious Disease Surveillance Affect States' Ability to Respond to Emerging Threats

Does Mandatory Public Infection Reporting Affect Infection Rates?

Moving from Intuition to Evidence-Based Practice: Can Family Courts Promote Public Health?

Reassessing the Effectiveness of Prescription Monitoring Programs

What Role Do Police Play in Management of Violence and Health?

Behavioral Economics, Courts, and Child Welfare

Measuring the Impact of Sources and Types of Funding on Health Care Outcomes for Children in Foster Care in Ohio

Building the Evidence: Creating a Framework for Assessing Costs and Impacts of Joint Use Agreements

How Does Regulating Pseudoephedrine Access Affect Methamphetamine-related Public Health Outcomes?

Law, Data, & Maps

Laws Addressing Public Health Authority to Respond to Emergencies

State Laws Directing Opioid Litigation Proceeds

Post-Dobbs State Abortion Restrictions and Protections

State Legislation Addressing Public Health Emergency Authority

Sentinel Surveillance of Emerging Laws Limiting Public Health Emergency Orders

Patient Affordability and Debt Collection Policies at 340B Program Hospitals

COVID-19 State Medicaid Waivers for Substance Use Disorder Treatment

State Certificate of Need Laws

Commercial Insurance and Medicaid Coverage of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Requirements for Licensure and Operations of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

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