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J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (6): 1178–1182.
Published: 01 December 2005
...Brian K. Finch Dalton Conley, Kate W. Strully, and Neil G. Bennett. The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life Chances. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. 258 pp. $55.00 cloth; $21.95 paper. © 2005 by Duke University Press 2005 Adams, M. 2001 . Validity of Birth...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2016) 41 (3): 453–461.
Published: 01 June 2016
...-mass index or weight, or improving academic outcomes, many proponents want taxes and other invasive policies that affect our personal lives and freedom, such as food and beverage consumption taxes. Some believe that this level of control is necessary to influence behaviors. Furthermore, the soft drink...
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in Disinvestments in Practice: Overcoming Resistance to Change Through a Sociotechnical Approach with Local Stakeholders
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 December 2013
Figure 2 Assessing the Quality of Life Weight of “Mild Eating Disorders”
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in State Policies, Racial Disparities, and Income Support: A Way to Address Infant Outcomes and the Persistent Black-White Gap?
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 1 Low birth weight and preterm birth rates (1994–2017) by mother's race and education.
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in State Policies, Racial Disparities, and Income Support: A Way to Address Infant Outcomes and the Persistent Black-White Gap?
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 2 Low birth weight rates 1994–2017 by mother's race.
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in State Policies, Racial Disparities, and Income Support: A Way to Address Infant Outcomes and the Persistent Black-White Gap?
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 4 Predicted rates of low birth weight by race, education, and state EITC. Note : 1st, 50th, and 99th percentiles for each policy variable are calculated with the entire sample of non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white mothers. Rates in figure 4 control for marital status, mother's
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 785–802.
Published: 01 October 2005
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“I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.”
Editor’s Note
Weighting for Godot
Something interesting happened in early 2002. Americans began to see
obesity as an important national problem. This change...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 869–923.
Published: 01 October 2005
... the nature and consequences of excess body weight. While members of the fat acceptance groups embrace a body diversity frame, presenting fatness as a natural and largely inevitable form of diversity, members of the antiobesity camp frame higher weights as risky behavior akin to smoking, implying that body...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2004) 29 (6): 1073–1108.
Published: 01 December 2004
... they document that interactions between parental low birth weight status and prenatal environment are associated with the risk of a low birth weight, and that interactions between a child's birth weight status and early childhood environment are associated with adult socioeconomic outcomes. In this article, we...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2016) 41 (3): 463–472.
Published: 01 June 2016
... to question whether anything works to prevent or reduce obesity. In this essay I review the evidence on the effectiveness of antiobesity programs. Although some programs have had negligible effects, others have had small beneficial effects on diet, physical activity, and weight. Nutrition labels on packaged...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2012) 37 (3): 551–557.
Published: 01 June 2012
...Rebekah E. Gee; Michelle M. Alletto; Anthony E. Keck Louisiana ranks forty-ninth nationally in birth outcomes indicators such as infant mortality and in the percentage of low birth weight and very low birth weight babies. This article describes the formation of the Birth Outcomes Initiative...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2022) 47 (2): 225–258.
Published: 01 April 2022
...Figure 1 Low birth weight and preterm birth rates (1994–2017) by mother's race and education. ...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2016) 41 (6): 1061–1081.
Published: 01 December 2016
...Wendy E. Parmet Abstract This essay argues that it matters for the fate of health policies challenged in court whether courts consider health merely as a policy goal that must be subordinate to law, or as a legal norm warranting legal weight and consideration. Applying population-based legal...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2013) 38 (1): 89–122.
Published: 01 February 2013
... are involved, what weight they have in influencing decisions, how they are recruited and supported, and how potential conflicts of interests are addressed. Different emphases on rationales and drivers behind public engagement partly reflect the respective political environments. Interviewees indicated a range...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2001) 26 (2): 327–368.
Published: 01 April 2001
... the author's earlier and controversial proposal to establish a voluntary federal program for certifying guidelines and directing courts to give certified CPGs greater weight in healthcare litigation. © 2001 by Duke University Press 2001 American Medical Association. 1993 . Statement...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1994) 19 (3): 555–582.
Published: 01 June 1994
... (registered nurse staffing and resident care management practices) is estimated by weighted two-stage least squares regression. Results suggest that the quality effects of indicators of competition vary and that market concentration may not diminish quality-based competition. Proposals for nursing home...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2012) 37 (2): 201–226.
Published: 01 April 2012
... with smoking cessation and weight loss, have thus far shown little long-term effect, although more research that tests the effectiveness of different incentive mechanism designs, informed by the findings of behavioral economics, ought to be undertaken. Many practical, political, ethical, and ideological...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2013) 38 (6): 1129–1148.
Published: 01 December 2013
...Richard Cookson Abstract In 2009 the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) announced that its health technology appraisal committees would henceforth give special additional weight to health gains from life-extending end-of-life treatments. This was a response to mounting...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2019) 44 (5): 715–736.
Published: 01 October 2019
... models with weekly county-level Marketplace application data from 1,476 counties in 37 states to estimate the incremental enrollment loss in the postinauguration period. Findings: Estimates indicate a population-weighted decline of over 700 applications per county-week during the final 2 weeks...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2017) 42 (4): 645–666.
Published: 01 August 2017
... of Proposed Rulemaking asserting its intention to regulate ENDS and requesting public comments on numerous related issues, including potential limits on the sale of flavored ENDS. This article analyzes key comments submitted to the FDA on the issue of flavor regulation in ENDS and examines the weight...
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