237172 Utility, feasibility, and conduct of public health law research

Saturday, October 29, 2011: 9:50 AM

Scott Burris, JD , Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
This session will describe public health law research's feasibility, utility, and methods, including legal data sets; tools for studying the mechanisms of legal effect on behavior; design of legal studies; and examples of legal research. Depending on participants' interests, practice setting, and project type, examples may include collecting legal data; conducting health impact assessments; using community participatory research on law; evaluating a new policy; conducting large-scale evaluations of legal strategies (i.e. multi-jurisdiction longitudinal studies); and using experimental designs.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss public health law research�s feasibility and utility 2. Describe at least two legal research methods 3. Describe at least two examples of legal research and their findings

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am project director of the national Public Health Law Research program and have considerable experience in this area (see resume).
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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