Public Health Law Research (eBook)

Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD, is a professor of health outcomes and policy at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and associate director of the Public Health Law Research program, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Scott Burris, JD, is a professor of law at Temple University, where he directs the Center for Health Law, Policy and Practice and the Public Health Law Research program, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Figures and Tables vii

Foreword ix
Michelle A. Larkin

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

The Editors xv

The Contributors xvii

PART ONE Framing Public Health Law Research

1. A Framework for Public Health Law Research 3
Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jeffrey W. Swanson,Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jennifer Wood, and Michelle M. Mello

2. Law in Public Health Systems and Services Research 23
Scott Burris, Glen P. Mays, F. Douglas Scutchfield, and JenniferK. Ibrahim

PART TWO Understanding How Law Influences Environments andBehavior

3. Perspectives from Public Health 49
Kelli A. Komro, Ryan J. O'Mara, and Alexander C.Wagenaar

4. Law and Society Approaches 87
Robin Stryker

5. Criminological Theories 109
Wesley G. Jennings and Tom Mieczkowski

6. Procedural Justice Theory 131
Tom R. Tyler and Avital Mentovich

7. Economic Theory 147
Frank J. Chaloupka

8. The Theory of Triadic Influence 169
Brian R. Flay and Marc B. Schure

9. Integrating Diverse Theories for Public Health Law Evaluation193
Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar

PART THREE Identifying and Measuring Legal Variables

10. Picturing Public Health Law Research: The Value of CausalDiagrams 217
Jeffrey W. Swanson and Jennifer K. Ibrahim

11. Measuring Statutory Law and Regulations for EmpiricalResearch 237
Evan D. Anderson, Charles Tremper, Sue Thomas, and Alexander C.Wagenaar

12. Coding Case Law for Public Health Law Evaluation 261
Mark Hall

PART FOUR Designing Public Health Law Evaluations

13. Evaluating Public Health Law Using Randomized Experiments283
Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, and Allison J. Carnegie

14. Natural Experiments: Research Design Elements for OptimalCausal Inference Without Randomization 307
Alexander C. Wagenaar and Kelli A. Komro

15. Qualitative Research Strategies for Public Health LawEvaluation 325
Jennifer Wood

16. Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis of PublicHealth Laws 347
Ted R. Miller and Delia Hendrie

17. The Future of Public Health Law Research 379
Scott Burris and Alexander C. Wagenaar

References 387

Name Index 443

Subject Index 461