Sentences with phrase «public health advocacy»

(See also the excellent comments submitted by Public Health Advocacy Institute on junk food products created for schools.)

More recently, Mel has taken a keen interest and involvement in gambling from a public health perspective, Indigenous health issues and the art and science of public health advocacy.

Another Croakey article focused on public health advocacy and included tips on how to advocate for public health effectively and have your voice heard.

The American Public Health Association, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have given their support to the bill.

U.S. soda sales have dropped 25 percent since 1998, no doubt due to successful public health advocacy, and this makes the current scandal all the more scandalous, as it's an attempt by a high - level health official to undo all the work that's already been done to protect the public health.

In a provocative piece that has generated some interesting discussions on Twitter, Michael Thorn, Chief Executive of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, argued that public health advocacy needs to become more effective, and that it is too timid and naive.

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The Public Health Advocacy Institute («PHAI») has urged the USDA to put a provision in the agency's proposed wellness policy rules that would prohibit companies from using brand names, logos, characters, etc. on school product packaging if those same marketing elements are also used on products which don't meet the Smart Snacks nutritional requirements.

For this installment of Ask a Food Lawyer, we profile Cara Wilking, senior staff attorney with the Public Health Advocacy Institute, at Northeastern University School of Law.

The public health advocacy group found that 92 % of apples contained two or more pesticides, putting them on top of the list (translation: buy organic apples).

Joining my cohost J. Craig Williams and I are Michael Gerhardt, professor of law at UNC School of Law; J. David Prince, professor of law at the William Mitchell College of Law and co-author of Products Liability Prof Blog; and Mark Gottlieb, executive director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.

The Public Health Advocacy Institute WA is also seeking supporters for an advocacy campaign around the proposed closures.

See the posts below about the threats to the communities from Nyungah Land and Culture Protector Iva Hayward - Jackson and from Melissa Stoneham, Deputy Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute WA at Curtin University.

Follow her on Twitter: @drmelstoneham Melissa, Deputy Director with the Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA, writes the regular Journal Watch column for Croakey.

In the article below, Dr Melissa Stoneham, Deputy Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute WA, gives an overview of the report and raises questions about the lack of representation of health expertise in the WA Government processes.

The Public Health Advocacy Institute WA (PHAIWA) JournalWatch service reviews 11 key public health journals on a monthly basis, providing a précis of articles that highlight key public health and advocacy related findings, with an emphasis on findings that can be readily translated into policy or practice.

She is currently Senior Coordinator at PHAIWA where she manages capacity building and professional development projects, conducts research to support public health advocacy activities and works in partnership with a range of organisations to ensure good public health advocacy outcomes.

Here's the latest article from the JournalWatch service of The Public Health Advocacy Institute WA, looking at the Men's Shed movement in Australia and beyond, including a field... Read more