RESUMO
Broadband internet access is a super-determinant of health that plays an important role in healthcare and public health outcomes. Laws and policies shape implementation and use of broadband for healthcare and public health. Connecting broadband and telehealth laws with their health impacts, through legal epidemiological research, enables states to make evidence-based decisions to improve health outcomes for underserved populations.
Assuntos
Política de Saúde/legislação & jurisprudência , Acesso à Internet , Saúde Pública , Telemedicina/legislação & jurisprudência , Humanos , Epidemiologia Legal , Área Carente de Assistência Médica , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Determinantes Sociais da Saúde , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
As conceptualized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and its partners, a culture of health centers on a society in which health flourishes across all populations and sectors. Law, among other tools, is critical to advancing a culture of health across multiple arenas. In this manuscript, Network for Public Health Law colleagues illustrate how legal innovations at all levels of government contribute to societal health. Examples include modern laws that promote healthy and safe low-income housing, telemedicine reimbursement, paid sick and safe time, healthy food and beverages, reduced smoking rates, child vaccinations, universal pre-k, adolescents' healthy sleep, overdose prevention, and medical-legal partnerships.