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October 31, 2012 | Report/Infographic
The USDA should establish nutrition standards for all snack foods sold regularly on school grounds outside of the school meal programs, and adopt policies and practices that ensure effective implementation of the standards.
July 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Prevention Research Center of the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington University evaluated Kids ACT!, a tobacco control advocacy curriculum for students in grades six through eight.
January 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Supported by an RWJF grant, Ranking the Risks lists the number of illnesses, costs, and overall public health burden of specific microbes in particular types of food.
August 2, 2012 | Program Result Report
The South Carolina African American Tobacco Control Network worked with the Coastal Conservation League to promote indoor and outdoor clean air policies. Tobacco Policy Change, an RWJF national program, funded the project.
August 1, 2012 | Toolkit
In June 2009, President Obama signed the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act into law, authorizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products for the first time.In the three years since the law was enacted, the FDA h ...
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The goal of this project is to promote broad-based community health improvement in underserved rural communities in Wisconsin through a low-cost health communication intervention.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The project involved a partnership between tribes, regulatory agencies and health professionals to incorporate a health impact assessment (HIA) into the environmental impact process for oil and gas development and mining in Alaska
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: This project used Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a tool to communicate with stakeholders and to advocate to decision-makers in Yellowstone County, Mont.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: Tulare Count, Calif., residents monitored the air at homes situated near orange groves where the pesticide chlorpyrifos had been used. In addition, urine samples from 34 participants were analyzed for chlorpyrifos metabolite.
January 1, 2011 | Report
Supported by an RWJF grant, Ranking the Risks lists the number of illnesses, costs, and overall public health burden of specific microbes in particular types of food.