Attempting to measure the overall health of populations allows public health leaders to better allocate resources to areas of greatest need. It also empowers citizens with information to advocate for their local community's investments.
This report lists the number of illnesses, costs, and overall public health burden of specific microbes in particular types of food—such as Salmonella in poultry and Listeria in deli meat.
This study found that mortality rates fell between 1.1 percent and 6.9 percent for each 10 percent increase in local public health spending.
Walking or biking to school provides opportunities for children to increase their physical activity. This study assesses state laws requiring minimum bussing distances, hazardous route exemptions, sidewalks, crossing guards, speed zones, and traffic control measures around school and their relationship to active travel to school polices.
This report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented each year if more states adopted additional research-based injury prevention policies, and if programs were fully implemented and enforced.
We and our grantees produce research and data about the complex health and health care issues facing the United States. We also publish program evaluations and reports at the end of many projects.
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May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
North Bay Health Resources Center assessed the effectiveness of a community-driven deterrence strategy to increase merchant perception of risk, influence store owners and clerks to obey state tobacco sales laws, and reduce tobacco sales to minors.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
The University of California, San Francisco, examined the quality of research articles on the health effects of "passive" or environmental tobacco smoke and assessed the potential influence of this research on public and scientific opinion.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
George Washington University assessed the extent of implementation of the federal Synar Amendment and described the factors influencing its implementation at the federal and state levels.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted a three-state research study to assess state legislators' intentions to support or oppose tobacco-control legislation.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Law, Carbondale, Ill., analyzed the issues in constitutional and federal law involved in prohibiting billboard advertising of tobacco products.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 1996, the General Hospital Corporation, Boston, carried out a controlled study assessed tobacco sales to minors, youth access to tobacco, and youth tobacco use in six Massachusetts communities.
May 1, 2000 | Journal Article
Identifying the skills needed by practicing public health workers if they are to successfully fill roles in the current and emerging public health system.
May 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Investigators from diverse disciplines conducted policy research aimed at helping public and private policymakers adopt policies to reduce tobacco use, especially among children and youth.
May 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The University of New Hampshire explored existing methodologies used to convene a national meeting of an expert panel to address questions of how best to identify and characterize the public health workforce.
May 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The American Medical Association created the Coordinating Committee to Prevent Tobacco Use by Youth, which brought together several anti-tobacco organizations to conduct a national public education and information campaign about child and teen tobacco use.