Making the Case for Laws that Improve Health

Evidence Briefs

An evidence brief summarizes research on the public health effect of a law. National Program Office staff have digested the findings of rigorous reviews from reliable sources. Look for public health law evidence at these levels:

PHLR News

  • Defining an Emerging Field: Public Health Law Research
    Milbank Quarterly, June 2010

    Public health experts, legal scholars and policy makers are increasingly recognizing that laws can keep people safe and healthy; for example, by encouraging the use of seat belts and by keeping...

  • The Challenges of Quantitative Public Health Law Research
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine, July 2010

    Scott Burris, professor of law at Temple University and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Public Health Law Research Center, and Evan Anderson, senior legal fellow at PHLR, explore the...

PHLR Grantees

  • How does land-use regulation affect the built environment and crime?
    RAND Corporation, University of Pennsylvania

    This project will study six Los Angeles neighborhoods to assess the extent to which land-use regulation affects the crime in communities.  The study will explore the relationship between crime, the built environment and land-use regulation...

New PHLR Resources

PHLR video and slide presentations are available on
What is Public Health Law Research?
Building a PHLR Proposal Using the Scientific Method
What, How and Why? Using Logic Models for PHLR Research
Creating a Public Health Law Database
The video of the Brief Proposal Web Applicant Call is available online here. You will need to download a player to view it. Slides from the presentation are available here

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