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Temple University's Center for Public Health Law Research

For more than 10 years, CPHLR has supported the widespread adoption of scientific tools and methods for mapping and evaluating the impact of law on health from its home at the Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Meet the Center

Legal Maps and Data

CPHLR is home to a wide variety of legal data and policy surveillance resources. Our Policy Surveillance Program produces data for use in research and practice, and teaches our methods through our in-person and online training program.

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Housing Equity Research Hub

Our research focuses on housing law and equity issues around the country, and how law and policy can be used in housing to build a Culture of Health.

Policy Surveillance Training and Resources

Learning policy surveillance methods by attending one of our free monthly webinars.

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Latest research

Identifying data for the empirical assessment of law (IDEAL): A realist approach to research gaps on the health effects of abortion law

Scott Burris, JD •

Center for Public Health Law Research

Individual Liberty, Public Health, and the Battle for the Nation’s Soul

Scott Burris, JD •

Center for Public Health Law Research

Insurance Coverage of Contraception

Elizabeth McCaman, JD, MPH •

Theory & methods

DESIGNING PUBLIC HEALTH LAW EVALUATIONS

FRAMING PUBLIC HEALTH LAW RESEARCH

IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING LEGAL VARIABLES

UNDERSTANDING HOW LAW INFLUENCES ENVIRONMENTS AND BEHAVIOR

Our Projects

Policy Surveillance Program

Policy Research Technology Program

Legal Levers for Housing Equity Research Hub

The Five Essential Public Health Law Services Project

Our Funders

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation •
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention •
National Institutes of Health •
Pew Charitable Trusts •
W.K. Kellogg Foundation •
University of California San Francisco

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