Who We Are
In 2004, researchers at City University of New York and the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor created The Corporations and Health Project based at Hunter College, City University of New York. Our mission is to assess the impact of corporate practices on population health and to inform public health policies and practices that can reduce the harm from such practices.
We analyze corporate practices that influence health and campaigns to change health-damaging practices across six industries: automobile food, alcohol, pharmaceutical, firearms and tobacco. The project began with an exploration of the interaction between advocacy campaigns and their industry opponents through in-depth case study research.
Corporations and Health Watch seeks to provide a forum where researchers, public health professionals, advocates and others can exchange information and compare strategies to reduce the harm from corporate practices across industries and countries. Ultimately, our goals are to identify the common characteristics of successful campaigns to change corporate practices, and to contribute to a growing movement to improve health by changing corporate practices.
Our publications include:
Freudenberg N, Bradley SP, Serrano M. Public Health Campaigns to Change Industry Practices That Damage Health: An Analysis of 12 Case Studies. Health Educ Behav. 2007. [Epub ahead of print]
