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Legal Epidemiology Lessons Learned

“For those of us who do policy work and have to constantly prove that there is a connection between upstream social determinants of health and outcomes, legal epi is invaluable — a huge breakthrough and the methodology that we have been waiting for.”

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More Sustainable Schools

"I walked and biked as a child, and I want kids today to enjoy the same freedom."

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Child Care & Schools

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Photo Courtesy of Redwood Heights School Garden OUSD

Nourishing Health Equity: A New Jersey Health Care System Tackles Food Insecurity

"Health equity ensures that everyone, no matter who they are, receives access to the services and supports they need."

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Health Care

Lydia Daniller

Planning for Health

"We began to have conversations and collaborate. But none of us had done this before. We found experts who could help us.”

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Food & Beverages

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Photographer Payton Chung, "City Market and permanent farmers market stalls with curbless / shared space streetscape, Roanoke VA," circa 2018, via https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Planning for Health Equity in Appalachia

"It’s amazing what happens when the community, local institutions, and city government are pulling together in the same direction.”

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Promoting Health Equity in Rural Communities

Resilience and ingenuity are hallmarks of rural communities, stemming from their unique cultural and social histories. When collaborating with rural communities, it’s essential that we lean into their myriad strengths, not feed into stereotypes.

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The PHL Academy Certificate: Advancing Legal & Policy Skills for Public Health Practitioners

I have more confidence, and I feel better, like I can collaborate with people who are working in this field who have more of a formal background in health policy or law.

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Legal Epi Local Incentives Improve Healthy Food Access

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Using Legal Epidemiology to Advance Health Equity

“Our long-term goal is to teach legal epi techniques to all of our health department program managers based on what our team has learned from the learning cohort."

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Health Care

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Front: Sarah Alvi

Middle row: Jessica Irvin, Ally Power, Micaela (Aela) Camozzi, Eunice Mustapha, Okxana Cordova-Hoyos

Back row: Dane White, Abigail (Abby) Outterson, Hans Khoe, Patty Trinidad

Voices from the CDC Public Health Law Fellowship

During my fellowship tenure, I have learned that equitable policymaking can be achieved by analyzing the drivers of inequity in communities, evaluating the impact of the law on the community, and utilizing continuous improvement.

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