lobbying

..To examine the tobacco industry's efforts to influence public policy and block the legislative process on tobacco control in Hong Kong, 1973 to 1997...

..Such increased lobbying should occur on behalf of, and in collaboration with, service users, and accordingly the authors describe a range ..

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OBJECTIVE: To describe variation in Tobacco Institute (TI) lobbying expenditures across states and test whether these expenditures vary in relationship to measures of tobacco control activity at the state level...

..To review the tobacco industry's Asian environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) consultants programme, focusing on three key nations: China, Hong Kong, and Malaysia...

..Philip Morris explicitly linked philanthropy to government affairs and used contributions as a lobbying tool against public health policies...

..To describe tobacco industry efforts in Malaysia to thwart government efforts to regulate tobacco promotion and health warnings...

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..To determine state legislators' perceptions about health and tobacco lobbyists, their frequency of contact with these lobbyists, and the amount of campaign contributions from health professional organisations and the tobacco industry...

..Health advocates should assume that the tobacco industry will oppose all local tobacco control measures indirectly, directly, or both. Clean indoor air ordinances should be framed as workplace safety issues...

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..Part 2 presents some observations about the basic structure and process that have implications for advocates. Part 3 translates these observations into concrete strategies for effective advocacy...

..Analysis of recent tobacco control debates and a case study of BAT's response to the emergence of competition in Kenya are used to explore the company's ability to shape public policy and its treatment of tobacco farmers...

..The focus of this year's week-long program was lobbying, not only as a privilege, but also as a nurse's responsibility...

..This article will draw on our previous work and add new documentation of the trajectory of industry attempts to keep out of the public view the tremendous threat of lead poisoning to children...

..An implication of these results is that school nurse education should include policy and activism components...

..Together these actions can help formalize nursing's role in responding to citizens' concerns about environmental health problems...

..Further delay in implementing smoke-free environments will only increase the burden of cardiovascular disease in both areas of the world...

..of different organizations, we examined the efforts of health care organizations to influence policy decisions by lobbying lawmakers...

..To examine the tactics the tobacco industry in Germany used to avoid regulation of secondhand smoke exposure and to maintain the acceptance of public smoking...

..S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to use his influence to get the WHO report withdrawn. The WHO strongly rejects the sugar lobby's criticisms...

..To identify and explain tobacco industry strategy in undermining tobacco control measures in Finland and results of these interferences in tobacco policy development during the 1980s and early 1990s...

..quot;The cost has gone up to get something on the ballot, and you need an organization to push those measures," she says...

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..Tobacco control advocates need to be aware of the connections between the tobacco and gambling industries in relation to smoke-free environments and work to expose them to the public and to policy makers...

..Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. A direct contributor to this massive health burden is the effectiveness of the tobacco industry's activities, including campaign contributions...

..CONCLUSIONS: There is an important role for tobacco control advocates in the policy development process in regulatory agencies...

..the mainly white, commercial farmers with a new land acquisition policy, but intense national and international lobbying prevented its implementation...

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..This regulatory action based on current scientific evidence and medical decision-making contradicts the industry's claim that no deaths are conclusively associated with environmental tobacco smoke...

..This case illustrates the potential for successful partnerships between unions and tobacco control policy advocates when developing smoke-free worksite policies...

..To document and analyze comprehensive Oklahoma state tobacco policy-making trends and their link to public health trends...

..Certainly, on the topic of the health effects of secondhand smoke, more scrutiny is warranted from these organizations for articles written by their members lest the public be misinformed and thus ill served...

..quot; Tactics to prevent adoption of the new code included third-party lobbying, Paperwork Reduction Act challenges, and backing an alternative coding arrangement...

..Why does this seeming apathy--and political paralysis--prevail and what will it take to galvanize health care stakeholders to action?..

..However, policies tailored to their commercial purpose are not necessarily beneficial either for patients or the society at large...

..The evidence suggests that in both instances, although twenty years apart, consumer groups and federal bureaucrats determined the outcome in favor of corporate medicine...

..To understand the evolution of 20 years of tobacco industry strategies to undermine federal restrictions of smoking on aircraft in the United States...

..While public health advocates missed an opportunity to partner with unions on the issue of smoke-free worksites during the era studied, they can use a similar strategy to form coalitions with unions...

..In addition, financial and lobbying pressure appears to have an influence on our choices, affecting the freedom of our therapeutic decision-making...

..and sexual health; sexuality and comparative penal law; sexual rights in international documents; advocacy and lobbying. Sexual rights, sexual health and education, sexual violence and adolescent sexuality were explored in depth, ..

..Specialization in medicine has segmented lobbying roles, such that specialty societies have a different focus than the AMA...

..of life" discourse among pro-donation advocates, transplantation specialists, and within organisations lobbying for improved donation rates to promote the benefits of organ donation among members of the general public...

..This paper is based on a selective review of evidence relating to health promotion in childhood, carried out to support the external working group on the 'Healthy Child' module of the Children's National Service Framework...

..Voluntary reduction of TFA by the food industry, following food labelling and/or consumer lobbying, has been the approach in several countries but with varying levels of success, and resulting in major ..

..The aim of this study was to describe the history of health technology assessment (HTA) in France...

..Yet now, in response to the lobbying of State and federal health ministers by the medical profession, mainly in relation to the impairment provisions, ..

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..for transparency, management, monitoring and accountability, pricing, and ethical marketing, and against lobbying for more protection in intellectual property laws, applying for patents for trivial modifications of existing ..

..Among foreign tobacco companies, British American Tobacco (BAT) was the most active lobbyist during China's WTO negotiations...

..This study: (1) assessed pediatric dentistry residency program directors' attitudes toward and involvement in advocacy training; and (2) identified types and extent of advocacy training in U.S. pediatric dentistry programs...

..In the hope that the food history will be written differently, this article both highlights important lessons that can be learned from the tobacco experience and recommends actions for the food industry...

..This fear is derived mainly from the arguments of the tobacco industry. Apart from lobbying governments, the tobacco industry uses all kinds of strategies to market their products in these countries and ..

..These factors, and women's activism and civil and political lobbying for the reform of personal status now underway in a number of Arab countries, could all challenge the patriarchal ..

..communities, but its importance in causing maternal anaemia is poorly understood, and this has hampered effective lobbying for the inclusion of anthelmintic treatment in maternal health packages...

..Trends in adolescent sexual behavior are changing, and health care professionals must be aware of these trends to provide necessary medical care and education to this population...

..This article describes the struggle and the main actors in lobbying for the law...

Firearms are used in the majority of college aged suicides and homicides. With recent efforts by various gun lobbying groups to have firearms more accessible to college students on campuses, there is the potential for more firearm-related ..

..of coalition building to draw on diverse strengths, and the use of a combination of advocacy tools, including lobbying, media advocacy and social mobilisation to achieve campaign goals...

..Establishment of the Medicare Part D drug formulary will allow cost containment but still absorb patient and physician preferences as well as a consideration of efficacy and safety data...

..Media lobbying and press liaison should take on a central role for mental health professionals, not only as a way of speaking ..

..This paper describes an option for treating students with LD that is based on a theoretical perspective that understands these students as an excluded population and emphasizes the importance of their empowerment...

..for transparency, management, monitoring and accountability, pricing, and ethical marketing, and against lobbying for more protection in intellectual property laws, applying for patents for trivial modifications of existing ..

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..Malpractice reform is highly contentious with doctors, insurance companies, and other business interests lobbying to shield themselves from the high cost of lawsuits and multi-million dollar awards, and trial attorneys and ..

..Help in understanding the complexities of policy making and in strategizing future policy activities is needed. Given their vast numbers, nurses are a formidable group with potential to influence policy...

..These findings demonstrate that managers consider there to be hope for consumers, brought about by collective action and lobbying, and through consumer participation in less-restrictive parts of the service (community settings).

..for transparency, management, monitoring and accountability, pricing, and ethical marketing, and against lobbying for more protection in intellectual property laws, applying for patents for trivial modifications of existing ..

..Infection control is almost unique in this respect. It is crucial to our patients, the employers for whom we work, and to ourselves that we share this information with those who decide public policy...

..Although the beverage industry is fighting such taxes with massive lobbying and public relations campaigns, support for the policies is increasing, especially when revenue is earmarked for ..

..In an environment of increased consumerism, interest in alternative health practices and anti-vaccination lobbying, media reports that call into question the safety of scheduled vaccines can significantly raise parents' concerns...

..Nevertheless, pressure groups are lobbying for a worldwide ban...

..examinations, increasing numbers of faculty members able to teach and model geriatric care, developing "effective medical resident teaching" courses for nonphysician faculty, and lobbying for improved systems of care.

..health care providers and assign specific monetary values to their services, so they undertook an aggressive lobbying campaign...

..with ETS exposure; 2) To identify the scope of the tobacco industry's efforts in Brazil in the areas of ETS, lobbying against smoke-free indoor air legislation, and other discoverable subject areas such as genetically altered ..

..To implement these interventions in states with strong unions, public health must work with organized labor. This project will study the factors that facilitate and impede that relationship with a goal of improving it. ..

..Case studies will focus on clean indoor air, tobacco tax increases, and employment discrimination at the federal, state, and local level. ..

..To implement these interventions in states with strong unions, public health must work with organized labor. This project will study the factors that facilitate and impede that relationship with a goal of improving it. ..

..The project's key personnel and consultants include individuals with a diversity of expertise and perspective, ensuring a rigorous and impartial evaluation of study hypotheses. ..

..This sub-study will also be used to tailor the intervention tested in this proposal for adolescent females. ..

..If shown to be effective, this intervention could be readily disseminated to a national network of building trade union apprenticeship programs, which collectively train approximately 183,000 apprentices each year. ..

..The work may lead to new strategies for limiting tumor growth at its earliest stages. ..

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..ISEE provides a variety of forums for discussion, critical reviews, collaborations and education issues for environmental exposures and their human health effects. ..

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..We see these efforts as an important step from individual EPHT partner programs towards national EPHT network and collaboration. ..

..A successful outcome of this study will provide preliminary data upon which to design a multi- centered clinical trial. ..

..This study should have major public health implications to the millions of Americans currently following diets to decrease body weight and risk for CVD. ..

..These results should have immediate public health application, and aid in the design of future, comprehensive obesity prevention interventions. ..

..These results should have immediate public health application, and aid in the design of future, comprehensive obesity prevention interventions. ..

..Recent advances in the development of reagents coupled with this novel culture model will advance our understanding of this essential structure of the outer blood-retinal barrier. ..

..These experiments could lead to novel strategies for anti-cancer therapy. ..

..Longitudinal data analytic techniques will be used. PWHIV's who adhere to therapy will live longer and require fewer hospitalizations, less skilled nursing care, and less home care, thus reducing the costs of their health care. ..

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..Our findings will allow us to develop a framework for decision-making regarding conflict identification and management. ..

..Qualitative measures will also be used to assess perceived impact and impressions of curriculum among both teachers and students, providing the basis for widespread dissemination among government officials in Mexico. ..

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..These results should have immediat public health application, and aid in the design of future, comprehensive obesity prevention interventions. ..

..The progress of this work is likely to have impact on the development of novel therapeutic approaches that have high potential for clinical translation. ..

..Specific Aim 3: To study the functional consequences of perturbing or blocking CARP expression. These studies should provide novel insights into the cellular control of the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis. ..

..Our studies will increase our understanding of the mechanism of action of BRCA1 and may provide novel strategies for therapeutic design, for example by targeting DDB2. ..

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..The work may lead to new strategies for limiting tumor growth at its earliest stages. ..

..The results of this study will help make neonatal jaundice guidelines and treatment decisions more evidence based. ..