April 18, 2012
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The Institute of Medicine's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events fostered discussions among public and private stakeholders and hosted public workshops and meetings.
August 2, 2012
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With funding from RWJF's Tobacco Policy Change and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Project spearheaded an ambitious effort to curb the use of commercial tobacco among the 300,000-member Navajo Nation.
May 24, 2012
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Public Health Law Research promotes the effective use of law to improve public health. It does so through commissioning original research on the health impacts of laws and regulations and by promoting rigorous research methods.
August 1, 2011
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PolicyLink, in partnership with the Food Trust and the Reinvestment Fund, developed and promoted model federal policies to improve local food environments and increase access to healthy, affordable foods.
August 27, 2009
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The Health Policy Tracking Service provides information on important developments in state legislation, policies and programs affecting health care, primarily through Web-based reports and databases.
July 29, 2008
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Experts in state- and local-level health information met to discuss key issues surrounding the availability and use of local health information, the role public health departments play in collecting and disseminating local health information.
November 26, 2012
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The Health Impact Project is advancing the use of health impact assessments (HIAs), used to determine the potential health effects of a proposed policy or project. Interest in HIAs is growing at the local, state, tribal and federal levels.
October 12, 2011
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Some 400 lawyers, health-related professionals and policy-makers attended the "Using Law, Policy and Research to Improve the Public's Health" conference to explore the role of law and policy in promoting global and domestic public health.
May 23, 2011
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In late 2006, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania launched a website, YouthMediaRisk.org, to make data and findings of the center's Coding of Mental Health and Media Project (CHAMP) available to the public.
April 1, 2011
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Researchers at the University of Washington School of Nursing established an electronic database of the most promising initiatives being used by public health agencies to address the problem of disparities.
