Harvard and some other schools of public health also had post-doctoral fellowships that helped to support political scientists who were pursuing research on health policy issues. Members also sometimes met at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. These activities helped to mold a community of political scientists who became important figures in the health policy research community of the late 1970s and 1980s. This led to the formation of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, which published its first issue in 1976. It is an unaffiliated group of the APSA, and currently sponsors three or four panels each year at the APSA Annual Meeting.
Membership is free, and anyone with an interest in health policy is invited to be a member.
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