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March 12, 2013 | Journal Article
Food and beverage companies have pledged to reduce unhealthy marketing to children through the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), but their pledges only apply to certain types of marketing.
October 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth monitored the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth.
October 29, 2012 | Report
Parents’ concerns about food marketing and other negative influences on their children’s eating habits appear to be increasing.
October 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Center for Health Care Strategies helped states create long-term-care insurance partnership programs that provide affordable coverage and financial protection for beneficiaries, generate business for insurers, and protect Medicaid budgets.
October 8, 2010 | Program Result Report
From November 2005 to March 2010, the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund led a coalition of six tobacco control groups named as "public health intervenors" in a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against tobacco companies.
November 30, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 2004-05, researchers designed and conducted the first national survey of commercial food marketing practices in public schools.
November 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This nationally representative survey measures both the nature and extent of corporate-sponsored food marketing activities in U.S. public schools.
March 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
In this article, the authors describe eligibility rules (some controversial) states should consider when implementing a partnership program. The program works in tandem with Medicaid to help middle-income people pay the expenses of long-term care.
July 14, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Center for Science in the Public Interest hosted a conference of child and nutrition advocates to discuss the state of food marketing to children, and to strategize how to reduce children's exposure to the marketing of low-nutrition foods.
January 25, 2007 | Program Result Report
Connecticut became the first state to implement a public-private partnership to finance long-term care, allowing purchasers to keep control of their assets equal to the amount the insurance policy paid for long-term care services.