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By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Q&A with Christopher Bonastia, PhD This is the first in a series of posts we will share during our research for our housing equity project. Have…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Health equity in housing can be defined as the absence of disadvantage to individuals and communities in health outcomes, access to health and social services, and…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research The Policy Surveillance Program has updated LawAtlas.org! The site has been redesigned to make the data easier to navigate and materials easier to find. It also…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research In a new article published today in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Scott Burris, Laura Hitchcock, Jennifer Ibrahim, Matthew Penn and Tara Ramanathan…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research The Policy Surveillance Program staff has recently updated the Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Dataset on LawAtlas.org to include laws through May 2016. Fifty jurisdictions and…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Medical personnel are trained to “first do no harm.” In end-of-life treatment, that simple directive can be difficult to interpret, and the legal landscape has evolved…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 6.4 million US children 4-17 years old have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research A team of researchers led by Jennifer Pomeranz, JD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor of the College of Global Public Health at New York University, have released…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Civil commitment laws in the United States variably give authority to mental health providers, law enforcement, and others to compel someone to receive treatment if they…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research There are a lot of interesting things going on with policy surveillance. That’s the term for the systematic, scientific collection and analysis of laws of public…
