GSU Library Research Guides: Public Health: Online Program in Chronic Disease: Public Health Policy and Law

Introduction

This section of the guide provides information about the law, government, the policy-making process, and the role of attorneys in supporting their public health clientele.

Organizations and Resources

American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
AHLA is the nation's largest, nonpartisan, educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field.
American Public Health Association Policy Statements
Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: A Wise Investment
A White Paper from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.
Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Costs (.pdf)
From the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Health Reform, Prevention, and Chronic Disease: The Next Steps (2010)
A White Paper from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.
How to Write a Briefing Document
From the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
LawAtlas
LawAtlas™ provides a platform for the systematic collection, measurement and display of state-level laws. It is a resource for researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and the public.
National Health Policy Forum (NHPF)
NHPF's mission is to cultivate a learning community among key senior staff in Congress, its support agencies, and the executive branch of the federal government in order to improve the policymaking process on the nation's critical health issues.
Public Health Law Program (PHLP)
CDC's PHLP works to improve the health of the public by developing law-related tools and providing legal technical assistance to public health practitioners and policy makers in state, tribal, local, and territorial jurisdictions.
Public Health Law Research (PHLR)
PHLR is a national initiative to promote effective regulatory, legal and policy solutions to improve public health.
State Policy Database
Websites that assist in state-level legislation and policies research via National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.
Why We Need Public Health to Improve Healthcare
A White Paper from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.

Books @ Georgia State

Below are some titles related to Health Policy and Law. To find additional books in the GSU Library collection, go to GIL-Find, the library catalog.

Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice
Electronic Resource
Contemporary Public Health: Principles, practice, and policy
Electronic Resource
Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union
Call Number: GE180 .S44 2012
Library North 5
For the Public's Health: Revitalizing law and policy to meet new challenges by Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health; Institute of Medicine
Electronic Resource (.pdf)
From Public Health to Wellbeing: The new driver for policy and action
Call Number: RA393 .F76 2012
Library North 3
Health Policy and the Public Interest
Electronic Resource
Making Americans Healthier: Social and economic policy as health policy
Call Number: RA395.A3 M3525 2008
Library North 3
Public Health for an Aging Society
Call Number: RA564.8 .P84 2012
Library North 3
Writing Public Policy: A practical guide to communicating in the policy-making process
Call Number: JF1525.C59 S64 2013
Library North 4

Journals

Below are some journal titles related to Health Policy and Law. To find additional journals in the GSU Library collection, go to GIL-Find, the library catalog and change the pull-down menu to Journal Titles.