For the public's health
Subtitle: revitalizing law and policy to meet new challenges
By: Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Contributors: National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780309186919
Subjects: Public health laws; Communicable diseases
Description: In 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a committee to examine three topics in relation to public health: measurement, the law, and funding.  The Committee was asked to prepare three reports - one on each topic - that contained actionable recommendations for public health agencies and other stakeholders that have roles in the health of the U.S. population.  This report is second in the series --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: why law and why now?; title: The law and public health infrastructure; title: Law and the public's health: law as a tool for improving population health; title: Intersectoral action on health.