Health and Public Policy

Selected titles of dissertations from graduates of this program.

• "Neoliberalism and Population Health in Latin America and the Caribbean"
• "Applying Passamaquoddy Wisdom to Contemporary Tribal Health Decision-Making"
• "Methods in Exposure Analysis for Vulnerable Subpopulations"
• "Framing Tobacco Taxes: Exploring the Construction of Print Media Coverage of Tobacco Excise Tax initiatives in Six States and the Implications of Coverage for Media Advocacy'
• "Who Speaks for the Uninsured? The Nascent Movement for Universal Health Care Coverage"
• "The Development and Implementation of the Health Disparities Collaborative"
• "An Evaluation of the Public Health and Environmental Aspects of Brownfields in Baltimore, Maryland"
• "In the Wrong Place? Geographic Variation in US Occupational Injury/Illness Rates"
• "Health Policy Recommendations for the Triage and Disposition of Nonurgent medical Aid Requests to 9-1-1"
• "The Implementation of the 1996 Maryland Gun Violence Act"
• "Injuries from Building Bombings: A Comparative Study of Risk and Protective Factors in the Oklahoma City Bombing"
• "News Coverage, Agenda Setting, and State Policy: A Study of Violence Against Women and Health Care Policy"
• "Fresh Seafood at a Price: Factors Associated with Surviving Commercial Fishing Vessel Sinkings in Alaska"
• "The Physical Health Impacts of Post-disaster Displacement: A Study of the Older Adult Victims of Hurricane Katrina"