Public Health Policy – Issues, Theories, and Advocacy

<p>Introduction vii</p>
<p>The Author xv</p>
<p>PART 1 BUILDING A FRAMEWORK FOR CONDUCTING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS</p>
<p>Chapter 1 The Role of Law: Agencies, Legislatures, Courts, and the Constitution 3</p>
<p>Chapter 2 The Role of Epidemiology and Medicine: Diagnosis, Prevention, Control, and Evaluation 45</p>
<p>Chapter 3 The Role of Economics: Theories, Modeling, and Evaluation 77</p>
<p>Chapter 4 The Role of Politics: Players, Processes, and Power 99</p>
<p>Chapter 5 The Role of Ethics: Historical, Contemporary, and Future Perspectives 141</p>
<p>PART 2 CASE STUDIES</p>
<p>Chapter 6 HIV Criminalization 181</p>
<p>Chapter 7 Clean Water Legislation and Mosquito Control 201</p>
<p>Chapter 8 HPV Vaccination 213</p>
<p>Chapter 9 SCHIP and Children with Special Health Care Needs 245</p>
<p>Chapter 10 Overweight and Obesity 265</p>
<p>Chapter 11 Breast Cancer Screening 285</p>
<p>Chapter 12 Medical Transportation: Local Research Focus 295</p>
<p>Chapter 13 Medical Transportation: Local Practice Focus 307</p>
<p>Chapter 14 Taxes, Politics, and Public Health Policy: A Look Back at the 2008 Presidential Campaign 327</p>
<p>Chapter 15 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Modifying Behavior 353</p>
<p>Chapter 16 Medical Readmissions and the Affordable Care Act 365</p>
<p>Chapter 17 Tobacco Control and Cessation Programs 389</p>
<p>Chapter 18 Emergency Preparedness and Infectious Diseases 403</p>
<p>PART 3 ADVOCACY</p>
<p>Chapter 19 The Research Policy Brief: A Primer 429</p>
<p>Chapter 20 Letters to the Editor: A Primer 467</p>
<p>Index 475</p>