TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Community experiments in public health law and policy
JO  - Journal of law, medicine and ethics
A1  - McGowan, Angela K.
A1  - Musicant, Gretchen G.
A1  - Williams, Sharonda R.
A1  - Niehaus, Virginia R.
SP  - 10
EP  - 14
VL  - 43 Suppl 1
IS  - 
N2  - Community-level legal and policy innovations or "experiments" can be important levers to improve health. States and localities are empowered through the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution to use their police powers to protect the health and welfare of the public. This article describes innovative approaches to public health law and policy from Minneapolis and New Orleans, communities who have been honored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) for addressing health by focusing not solely on health care access and quality, but the wider environment, including transforming neighborhoods, schools, and businesses and addressing inequities. Specifically, this article discusses examples of how these cities have used public health legal and policy approaches and novel partnerships to promote healthy eating and active living, reduce exposure to secondhand smoke, and prevent violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1073-1105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jlme.12206
ID  - ref1
ER  -