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The Fall 2008 Balance Report summarizes state-level action taken by decision-makers and advocates from June to October 2008 to address the national childhood obesity epidemic. Published In: Issue 7 | Legislative scans or reports | 05/12/2009 |
Promoting Healthy Communities and Reducing Childhood Obesity: Legislative Options This report summarizes state legislation proposed and passed in two broad policy categories-Healthy Eating and Physical Activity and Healthy Community Design and Access to Healthy Food. | Issue and policy briefs, Reports, Legislative scans or reports | 03/30/2009 |
Enacting Market Reforms These plans rely mainly on market-based incentives and tax reforms to cover the uninsured. | Legislative scans or reports | 03/25/2009 |
Replacing the Current System These reform plans would have largely or completely replaced the current system built on employer-based coverage and Medicare and Medicaid. | Legislative scans or reports | 03/25/2009 |
State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues: 2008 Mid-Term Report This report examines the progress of state laws to stop tobacco use in public places and workplaces, as well as tobacco control programs to decrease smoking. Both are slowing down or showing a decline in 2008. | Maps and state data, Reports, Legislative scans or reports | 08/18/2008 |
BALANCE Issue 5: 2007 End of Year Report A report on state action to promote nutrition, increase physical activity and prevent obesity | Reports, Legislative scans or reports | 06/09/2008 |
State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues: 2007 Foundation-supported report by the American Lung Association shows more states took strong action against tobacco during the year. | Maps and state data, Reports, Legislative scans or reports | 04/22/2008 |
This policy brief from the RWJF grantee Extending the Cure provides a look back at 2007 state and federal legislation and regulation focusing on antibiotic-resistant infections. Published In: Policy Responses to the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance | Issue and policy briefs, Primers, Legislative scans or reports | 01/13/2008 |
State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues: 2007 Midterm Report Attitudes about the dangers of secondhand smoke are shifting, and the general public is becoming increasingly unwilling to be exposed to a hazardous substance where they live, work and play. Many states have taken strong action to protect their citizens from tobacco... | Reports, Legislative scans or reports | 07/24/2007 |
The BALANCE report reviews legislative and industry efforts to halt and reverse childhood obesity, increase physical activity, improve access to healthier foods and other actions. Published In: Balance Report Series | Reports, Legislative scans or reports | 06/20/2007 |