Public Health Under Siege

Improving Policy in Turbulent Times

Brian Castrucci, Georges Benjamin, Grace Guerrero Ramirez, Grace Castillo
American Public Health Association
250 pages
ISBN: 9780875533193
August 2021

Public Health Under Siege: Improving Policy in Turbulent Times explores the impact of policy on our nation's health and offers specific actions to improve health and extend life expectancy. It is written by practitioners, elected officials, and other policymakers who have firsthand experience with the complex dynamics of policymaking through their professional careers. Its chapters share perspectives on the power of policy from the federal, state, and local levels; demonstrate several evidence-based policy packages developed by leading public health organizations; provide perspectives not only on legislative policy but on the roles of litigation and regulation; and reveal the existing threats to using policy to impact health.