03217nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10700079 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 130326s2013 cau sb 001 0 eng d 2013012424 9781118137628 (pbk.) 9781118419236 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)835622035 KF3821 .P83 2013eb 344.7304/1 23 Public health law research [electronic resource] : theory and methods / Alexander C. Wagenaar, Scott Burris, editors. 1st ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2013. xxv, 482 p. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. pt. 1. Framing public health law research - pt. 2. Understanding how law influences environments and behavior -- pt. 3. Identifying and measuring legal variables -- pt. 4. Designing public health law evaluations. "Public Health Law Research: Theory and Methods definitively explores the mechanisms, theories and models central to public health law research - a growing field dedicated to measuring and studying law as a central means for advancing public health.Editors Alexander C. Wagenaar and Scott Burris outline integrated theory drawn from numerous disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences; specific mechanisms of legal effect and guidelines for collecting and coding empirical datasets of statutory and case law; optimal research designs for randomized trials and natural experiments for public health law evaluation; and methods for qualitative and cost-benefit studies of law. They also discuss the challenge of effectively translating the results of scientific evaluations into public health laws and highlight the impact of this growing field."How exactly the law can best be used as a tool for protecting and enhancing the public's health has long been the subject of solely opinion and anecdote. Enter Public Health Law Research, a discipline designed to bring the bright light of science to the relationships between law and health. This book is a giant step forward in illuminating that subject." -- Stephen Teret, JD, MPH, Professor, Director, Center for Law and the Public's Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health"Wagenaar and Burris bring a dose of much needed rigor to the empirical study of which public health law interventions really matter, and which don't." -- Bernard S. Black, JD, Chabraja Professor, Northwestern University Law School and Kellogg School of ManagementCompanion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/wagenaar"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Medical care Research. Public health Law and legislation. Electronic books. local Wagenaar, Alexander C. Burris, Scott. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10700079 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 21876 21876