Wagenaar / Burris Public Health Law Research

Theory and Methods
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-41923-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten, E-Book

Public Health Law Research: Theory and Methodsdefinitively explores the mechanisms, theories and models centralto public health law research - a growing field dedicated tomeasuring and studying law as a central means for advancing publichealth.
Editors Alexander C. Wagenaar and Scott Burris outlineintegrated theory drawn from numerous disciplines in the social andbehavioral sciences; specific mechanisms of legal effect andguidelines for collecting and coding empirical datasets ofstatutory and case law; optimal research designs for randomizedtrials and natural experiments for public health law evaluation;and methods for qualitative and cost-benefit studies of law.. Theyalso discuss the challenge of effectively translating the resultsof scientific evaluations into public health laws and highlight theimpact of this growing field.
"How exactly the law can best be used as a tool forprotecting and enhancing the public's health has long beenthe subject of solely opinion and anecdote. Enter PublicHealth Law Research, a discipline designed to bring the brightlight of science to the relationships between law and health. This book is a giant step forward in illuminating thatsubject." -- Stephen Teret, JD, MPH, Professor, Director,Center for Law and the Public's Health, Johns Hopkins BloombergSchool of Public Health
"Wagenaar and Burris bring a dose of much needed rigor tothe empirical study of which public health law interventions reallymatter, and which don't." -- Bernard S. Black, JD,Chabraja Professor, Northwestern University Law School and KelloggSchool of Management
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagenaar, Alexander C.

Burris, Scott C.

Burris, Scott

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures and Tables vii
Foreword ix
Michelle A. Larkin
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
The Editors xv
The Contributors xvii
PART ONE Framing Public Health Law Research
1. A Framework for Public Health Law Research 3
Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jeffrey W. Swanson,Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jennifer Wood, and Michelle M. Mello
2. Law in Public Health Systems and Services Research 23
Scott Burris, Glen P. Mays, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and JenniferK. Ibrahim
PART TWO Understanding How Law Influences Environments andBehavior
3. Perspectives from Public Health 49
Kelli A. Komro, Ryan J. O'Mara, and Alexander C.Wagenaar
4. Law and Society Approaches 87
Robin Stryker
5. Criminological Theories 109
Wesley G. Jennings and Tom Mieczkowski
6. Procedural Justice Theory 131
Tom R. Tyler and Avital Mentovich
7. Economic Theory 147
Frank J. Chaloupka
8. The Theory of Triadic Influence 169
Brian R. Flay and Marc B. Schure
9. Integrating Diverse Theories for Public Health Law Evaluation193
Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar
PART THREE Identifying and Measuring Legal Variables
10. Picturing Public Health Law Research: The Value of CausalDiagrams 217
Jeffrey W. Swanson and Jennifer K. Ibrahim
11. Measuring Statutory Law and Regulations for EmpiricalResearch 237
Evan D. Anderson, Charles Tremper, Sue Thomas, and Alexander C.Wagenaar
12. Coding Case Law for Public Health Law Evaluation 261
Mark Hall
PART FOUR Designing Public Health Law Evaluations
13. Evaluating Public Health Law Using Randomized Experiments283
Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, and Allison J. Carnegie
14. Natural Experiments: Research Design Elements for OptimalCausal Inference Without Randomization 307
Alexander C. Wagenaar and Kelli A. Komro
15. Qualitative Research Strategies for Public Health LawEvaluation 325
Jennifer Wood
16. Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis of PublicHealth Laws 347
Ted R. Miller and Delia Hendrie
17. The Future of Public Health Law Research 379
Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar
References 387
Name Index 443
Subject Index 461

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD, is a professor of health outcomes and policy at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and associate director of the Public Health Law Research program, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Scott Burris, JD, is a professor of law at Temple University, where he directs the Center for Health Law, Policy and Practice and the Public Health Law Research program, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.