Critical Opportunities

Making the case for laws that improve current public health needs

Critical Opportunities for Public Health Law is an initiative of the Public Health Law Research Program. The initiative seeks to make the case for laws that can improve current critical public health needs by:

• Identifying important ways to use law to improve the public’s health
• Enhancing public and professional recognition of law as a vital force for better public health
• Guiding public health law research

Learn more by reading the Critical Opportunities Background Document.

Multimedia: Click on the slides below to watch some of the five-minute pitch presentations or visit the Critical Opportunities YouTube page. You can also look through the full Critical Opportunities Slide Set to see all the presentations and to review the results of the audience polling.

Tanya Karwaki, JD & Patricia Kuszler, MD, JD
University of Washington School of Law

Using Legal Efforts to Increase Childhood Vaccination Rates

Scott Hays,PhD & Janine Toth, MSSW
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Strengthening State Physical Education Requirements

Adam Finkel, ScD
University of Pennsylvania Law School

Eliminate Dishonesties in the FDA Food Label

Adam Finkel, ScD
University of Pennsylvania Law School

Mandatory Testing of Radon Levels in For-Sale Homes

James Anderson, JD
RAND Corporation

Reducing Crime by Encouraging Residential Zoning in Commercial Areas