templelegalepi.bsky.social
We create and advance research on the health effects of laws and policies. Based at Temple University Beasley School of Law https://bit.ly/m/TempleLegalEpi
👤 Joined on 03 February 2025
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@templelegalepi.bsky.socialImportant work from @templelegalepi.bsky.social. Finding: Poor transparency in legal methods of empirical studies of law's effects. This is consistent with my own read of the policy literature. Note that relying exclusively on secondary databases is NOT always methodologically safe: #LegalEpi
Show PostPolicy research is at its heart population health research. Understanding the health consequences of policy is central to NIH’s mission and complements clinical research. Leading researchers in health policy research make the case in Health Affairs Forefront: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... 🧪
Show PostPolicy research is health research. Understanding health effects of policy is not peripheral to NIH’s mission. It is central to it. Read the warning against funding cuts from leading researchers in Health Affairs Forefront: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore... @appam.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social
Show Post30 public health scientists, including our director @ritahamad.bsky.social, share why policy research is vitally important to the advancement of health research, and flag NIH's potential retreat "from a longstanding commitment to studying the policy determinants of health." hsph.me/healthpolicy...
Show PostOur latest study @jamahealthforum.com shows the harms of work requirements for safety net programs. Women who were subject to harsher requirements and who received less cash assistance from TANF were less likely to breastfeed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu 1/
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