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Return on Investments in Public Health
April 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
This brief summarizes findings and recommendations from four major studies which demonstrate that strategic investments in proven, community-based prevention programs could result in significant U.S. health care cost savings and disease prevention.
How Can We Reduce Tobacco Use?
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. It kills more than 400,000 Americans annually—more than HIV/AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders, suicides and fires combined.
Improving Health Through Shared Public Health Services
August 31, 2011 | Issue Brief
How to navigate the process of collaboration.
Geographic Variations in Public Health Spending
October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This study of local public health agencies examines how agency spending varies by community and over time. The study shows that the top 20 percent of public health agencies spent over 13 times more money than the bottom 20 percent, putting some communities at a disadvantage.
American Indian and Alaska Native Alcohol Policies
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Alcohol remains one of the most pressing public health concerns in many American Indian and Alaska Native communities. As sovereign nations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes have the ability to pass a wide range of laws to control alcohol, which may be an important component of more comprehensive prevention planning. This Knowledge Asset focuses on evidence about the potential impact of these policies.
Public Health and Spatial Inequality in Boston - Children
January 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
A collection of maps visually present data on the health characteristics and experiences of children in Boston.
The Prevention and Public Health Fund
February 23, 2012 | Issue Brief
Public health and disease prevention is a key strategy in the Affordable Care Act to reorient U.S. health care towards wellness, however the political will to keep prevention programs funded has been lagging.
Healthier Americans for a Healthier Economy
October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Employers around the country are searching for ways to support the health and wellness of their employees and their families while also struggling with high costs of benefits.
Neighborhoods and Health
May 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief examines evidence linking neighborhoods and health and interventions to make neighborhoods healthier places to live, learn, work and play.
How Social Factors Shape Health: Income, Wealth and Health
April 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief examines how income and wealth can shape health.