This study examines the impact of state laws on concussion rates in high school athletes from 2005-2016, showing a decrease in recurrent concussions after law implementation, with football having the highest number of concussions.

This study examines how high schools implement youth sports traumatic brain injury laws, focusing on return-to-play, removal-from-play, and concussion education. Findings highlight variations in policy content across 71 schools in 26 states and DC.

Los Angeles shared-use agreements (2010–2012) expanded school facilities for physical activity in under-resourced areas, addressing cost and sustainability to reach 165,000 kids and 500,000 adults at $0.38 per person.

Decal laws have been implemented internationally to facilitate police enforcement of graduated driver licensing (GDL) restrictions (e.g., passenger limit, nighttime curfew) but have not been evaluated.

State laws that set strict standards for children to be exempted from vaccines on religious or philosophical grounds could reduce the number of whooping cough cases, but not measles, mumps, haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) or Hepatitis B.

For more than three decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended influenza vaccination for healthcare workers

This paper describes the current state of laws across the United States aimed at combatting concussions, commonly referred to as “traumatic brain injuries” or TBIs, among young athletes.

This study finds that children in counties with unified family courts experienced shorter foster care spells and higher rates of reunification with parents or primary caregivers.

Municipal mixed-use zoning is one public health strategy to create more walkable neighborhoods by reducing the separation of daily activities.

Overall annual influenza vaccination rate has slowly increased among health care workers but still remains below the national goal of 90 percent.

This study takes as a starting place the inherent tension between public safety and civil rights in considering mental illness as a significant concern for firearms policy and law.

Foot patrol as a specific policing tactic appears to fit nicely into a variety of policing paradigms, and suggestions for incorporating them to move beyond strictly enforcement-based responses are presented.

This paper explores associations between awareness of New Jersey’s HIV exposure law and the HIV-related attitudes, beliefs, and sexual and seropositive status disclosure behaviors of HIV-positive persons.

This article highlights the effectiveness of child safety seat laws, reducing childhood motor vehicle injuries by 35%, and increasing safety seat usage by 13%.

To better understand these results, the study examines which patents are challenged on each drug, and shows that lower quality and later expiring patents disproportionately draw challenges.