Public Health Law & Policy (PHLP) creates groundbreaking public health solutions that last.
A handful of states and communities have led the nation in showing how legal and policy strategies can profoundly improve public health – whether it's about protecting people from secondhand smoke, making junk food less accessible to children, or opening school yards and gyms to the community after hours.
PHLP partners with government staff, advocates, and other community leaders to provide practical solutions to a wide range of public health problems. Our team of staff attorneys, city planners, and policy analysts research and answer tough policy questions, clarify and demystify the law, develop ready-to-go model policies, and "train the trainers" to equip community leaders with the confidence and capacity to put our tools to work.
Together, we transform communities to ensure the healthy choice becomes the easy choice.
On July 1, PHLP launched as an independent not-for-profit organization!
Jul 22, 2010
PHLP’s Heather Wooten headed to Washington, D.C., in June to present at an American Planning Association (APA) Planners Training Service workshop. This was the first time the APA has offered a course on how to integrate public health concerns such as food, physical activity, and air and water quality into comprehensive plans. Heather co-taught a short course that emphasized the role of planners in supporting public health goals and building healthy communities.
Jul 6, 2010
The 2009 FDA Law gives the agency authority to regulate products that contain tobacco, but the law doesn't apply to every type of tobacco product. This fact sheet explains which restrictions apply to which tobacco products.
Jul 13, 2010
Free Webinar
Let's Walk to School! Reducing Liability Concerns and Getting Kids Active through Safe Routes to School
August 11, 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET / 10:00 - 11:30 am PT
Mar 20, 2009
PHLP has released an Action Plan that represents an important initial assessment of public health’s abilities and limitations to fully engage in climate change work as well as a preliminary set of recommended actions. It is a synthesis of the priorities and strategies developed during a one-day multi-disciplinary gathering where more than 150 participants exchanged ideas on how to better engage public health networks and agencies in climate change work.
