Evidence Based Policy: Why Research and Governance Have a Complicated Relationship
Policymakers often invoke research to justify decisions; they less often allow research to change them. Closing the gap between evidence and policy re...
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Climate Policy and Health: The Overlapping Imperatives
Climate change is a public health emergency. The policies designed to address it have direct co-benefits for health, and inaction has direct health co...
Voting Rights and Voter Participation: Research on Access and Its Effects
Voting access policies significantly shape who participates in democracy. Research on the effects of voting laws and registration systems informs this...
Food Policy and Health: SNAP, Nutrition Standards, and What Evidence Shows
Food assistance programs reach tens of millions of Americans. Evidence on how policy design affects nutrition, health, and economic outcomes should in...
Immigration Policy and Public Health: What the Evidence Shows
Immigrants make up a substantial share of the US population and healthcare workforce. Policy decisions affecting immigrants have direct public health ...
Evidence Based Policy: Why Research and Governance Have a Complicated Relationship
Policymakers often invoke research to justify decisions; they less often allow research to change them. Closing the gap between evidence and policy re...
The Public Comment Process: How Citizens Can Shape Federal Regulation
Federal agencies are required to accept and consider public input on proposed rules. Most people have no idea this process exists, or how to use it ef...
Minimum Wage Policy: Navigating the Evidence in a Contested Debate
The economic debate over minimum wage effects is more settled than political discourse suggests, and more nuanced than either side typically acknowle...
Welfare Reform Research: What Studies Show About Effects on Families
The 1996 welfare reform law transformed cash assistance for poor families. Research on its effects reveals complex outcomes across employment, income,...
Housing Policy and Public Health: What Stable Housing Does for Wellbeing
Housing stability is one of the most powerful social determinants of health. Policy decisions about housing have direct consequences for health outcom...