Retailers ’ tobacco sales, profit margins, and promotional activities in slum areas of Bhubaneswar, India
AbstractWe conducted a cross-sectional study during January –June 2017 involving 70 tobacco retailers from 11 slums to learn about the tobacco retailers’ practices of tobacco sales, their profit margins from these sales, and their promotional activities in slum areas of Bhubaneswar, India. Slum retailers were gaining a profit margin of ≥ 10% in sel ling 68% of cigarette brands and in all brands of bidi (smoked tobacco) and smokeless tobacco. Almost 50% of retailers were directly or indirectly advertising tobacco, and in 90% of retail shops, tobacco products were displayed in such a way that they could be seen fro...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - August 8, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Gaps and barriers in interventions for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-age children in an endemic area of the Philippines: a school-based point-of-view
AbstractWe used a qualitative cross-sectional study in 20 elementary schools in an area of Cagayan Valley, Philippines where soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is endemic, to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for three intervention components for STH control: mass drug administration (MDA), health education, and sanitation. School teachers and staff generally perceived MDA to be a well-delivered program, but opportunities exist to strengthen other control strategies: health education and school rules on hygiene and sanitation at school. Complete and consistent monitoring of program impact and ...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - August 6, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
What HIRTS athletes? Establishing a unified public policy understanding of Head Impact-Related Trauma in Sport
AbstractGlobally, concussions in sport now attract far greater concern than several decades ago. Yet, no international scientific consensus exists for defining ‘concussion,’ or for determining how many brain injuries caused by a contact sport constitute a sufficient public health threat to warrant improving policies. How can policymakers help coaches, players, and parents work with public health authorities and clinicians to identify concussions, and p revent and treat head injuries? Doing so will require language that helps distinguish among the multitude of conditions related to Head Impact-Related Trauma in Sport (H...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - August 6, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Alcohol control policy in Ethiopia and implications for public health
AbstractThe World Health Organization ’s (WHO) Global Strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol sets a voluntary target of reducing the harmful use of alcohol by 10% in about 10 years. Using the WHO criteria, this paper critically assesses the alcohol control policy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and sets out recommen dations for major improvement for protecting the health of the population. (Source: Journal of Public Health Policy)
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - August 4, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Scores on doors: restaurant hygiene ratings and public health policy
AbstractThis paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing policy debate about mandated posting of health department hygiene ratings for establishments that sell food. Posted restaurant hygiene ratings, or ‘scores on doors,’ exemplify a public health transparency policy in the form of words, letters, numbers, or symbols displayed at entrances to food-serving establishments summarizing their most recent health inspection. After describing the scope of restaurant hygiene inspections and the problem of foodborne illness, this paper critically examines the ‘mandation’ debate on economic, practical, ethical, and legal aspect...
Source: Journal of Public Health Policy - August 4, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
