This dataset identifies key features of state fair housing laws across 49 states and DC, expanding federal protections under the Fair Housing Act, covering discrimination types and exemptions, in effect from August 1, 2017, to August 1, 2019.
This article highlights a Journal of Public Health Management and Practice supplement featuring 13 original articles on legal epidemiology, exploring its evolution, methods, and applications in public health.
This article explores how community-level urban design and land use policies, including zoning changes, can promote physical activity by improving access to walking and biking infrastructure, supporting healthier behaviors.
This article discusses the effectiveness of gun registration and licensing requirements in reducing gun violence, exploring evidence and legal frameworks around firearms and gun violence. The impact remains uncertain due to inconsistent findings.
This article reviews the impact of coercive tuberculosis control measures, including detention, on public health. Evidence is insufficient to conclude that detention improves population health.
This article explores rental assistance and voucher programs, highlighting evidence of their effectiveness in improving housing quality, safety, and public health outcomes for low-income households.
This article examines the legal mechanisms promoting mixed-income housing developments and their potential to address affordable housing shortages, though evidence on public health impact remains insufficient.
This article highlights strategies for public health leaders to craft persuasive messages appealing to diverse moral foundations and millennials, ensuring the future of public health workforces.
This article explores the public health impact of nuisance eviction laws, highlighting the need for legal epidemiology to evaluate their effects. It emphasizes the risks of laws that fail to protect vulnerable groups.
This dataset outlines U.S. cottage food and food freedom laws as of Sept. 1, 2017, detailing who can sell home-made foods, sales venues, inspection, disclosure, and limits on cottage food operations.
This dataset examines U.S. state laws requiring residential property sellers to disclose environmental hazards, like asbestos, radon, and lead paint. It includes a 2017 dataset tracking disclosure rules to protect buyer health and property values.
This dataset maps U.S. state laws on soil vapor intrusion, where underground chemicals contaminate indoor air. It includes a 2017 dataset showing state-by-state public health and safety regulations to address this pathway of chemical exposure.
This dataset maps 2016 state laws regulating non-hospital facilities performing office-based surgeries and procedures, focusing on facility requirements, anesthesia use, and reproductive health care.
This 2018 article analyzes TRAP laws and OBS laws regulating abortion and other office-based medical procedures, showing TRAP laws' prevalence and stringency compared to general office intervention regulations.
This article explores future legal approaches to the opioid crisis, including harm reduction, pharmaceutical accountability, and improved treatment regulation, building on current laws like Good Samaritan and naloxone access.