The Public Health Advocacy Institute
The use of legal action to bring about changes in public health policy
In our featured article, we explore the work of the organization The Public Health Advocacy Institute, (PHAI), a Massachussets-based legal center that uses the law to bring about changes in the food and tobacco industries. Corporations and Health Watch examines how PHAI uses the law and other tools in local, national and global efforts to curb the adverse health impact of these industries.
New York State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, The Marin Institute and Corporations and Health Watch Hold Press Conference on Alcohol Advertising in the New York City Public Transit System
On November 8, 2007 New York State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, The Marin Institute and Corporations and Health Watch held a joint press conference at the New York City Hall steps to draw attention to recent research on alcohol advertising in the New York City transit system.
Senators and Activists Agree: No Soda in Schools
The global campaign, Dump Soft Drinks, and new legislation being drafted in the Senate are calling for nutrition-based limitations in the food and beverages available in easy-to-reach school vending machines.
Teaching about Corporations and Health:
Bringing Corporate Practices into Public Health ClassroomsIn our Commentary section, Corporations and Health Watch explores how academic public health programs can introduce concepts, competencies and skills that will help students to identify and analyze corporate influences on health and take action to encourage healthy and discourage unhealthy policies and practices.
Corporation and Health Watch interviews Kristen Rand, legislative director of the Violence Policy Center and author of Gun Shows in America: Tupperware Parties for Criminals and the 1995 study, Lawyers, Guns and Money: The Impact of Tort Restrictions on Firearms Safety and Gun Control. Rand speaks on the changing relations between NRA, the gun industry and gun owners, declining gun ownership rates, and gun control advocacy in current political climate.
In our Global Section we explore how the European Union's trade rules have affected Sweden's ability to reduce the adverse health consequences of alcohol use and how trade liberalization can benefit the alcohol industry at the expense of public health.
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