For the Public's Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges (2011)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine three topics in relation to public health: measurement, the law, and funding. IOM prepared a three book series—one book on each topic—that contains actionable recommendations for public health agencies and other stakeholders that have roles in the health of the U.S population.
For the Public's Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges is the second in the For the Public Health series, and reflects on legal and public policy reform on three levels: first, laws that establish the structure, duties, and authorities of public health departments; second, the use of legal and policy tools to improve the public's health; and third, the health effects of laws and policies from other sectors in and outside government.
This book, like the other two books in the series, is intended to inform and help federal, state, and local governments, public health agencies, clinical care organizations, the private sector, and community-based organizations.
