Others' publications

Global tobacco control epidemic | 1004.0 kB

14 Nov 2008 | Comprehensive, 32-slide presentation (in pdf form) by Dr Harry Lando (University of Minnesota) on the tobacco epidemic and efforts to control it, including the epidemiology, industry behaviour, the FCTC, etc.

Beyond 'Smoking kills' | 4.8 MB

07 Oct 2008 | This report, subtitled 'Protecting children, reducing inequalities', is published by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in collaboration with the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and endorsed by over 100 health and welfare organisations. It calls on the UK government to introduce a comprehensive tobacco control strategy which could help a further 4.5 million smokers to quit by 2015 by: a) requiring plain packaging for all tobacco products (research in the report shows that young people are between 3 and 4 times less likely to pick a plain pack as a branded one if they were trying smoking for the first time); b) prohibiting the display of tobacco products in shops; c) clamping down on smuggling; and d) giving smokers access to safer non-tobacco alternatives to smoking

Nurture & grow your business | 1.7 MB

07 Oct 2008 | This is a report on the development of Business in the Community's Business Action on Health campaign over its first year. The campaign is promoting awareness of employee health and wellbeing as a strategic business issue among businesses and general audiences. OxHA is working with BITC - Christine Hancock spoke at the evening event that launched this report.

Fit City in Smartmoves | 1.4 MB

06 Oct 2008 | This short article (at the bottom of the pages) about OxHA's Fit City competition appears in the UK Department of Transport's Smartmoves magazine, issue 5 (October 2008). The full magazine can be found at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/smarterchoices/smartmoves/issue5smartmove.pdf

Working Towards Wellness 'learnings' | 153.4 kB

23 Sep 2008 | This three-page pdf presents the issues, rationale and steps to be taken in developing a workplace wellness programme to promote chronic disease prevention. It is produced by the World Economic Forum's Working Towards Wellness initiative, of which OxHA is on the Project Board.

Working Towards Wellness initiative | 161.0 kB

23 Sep 2008 | A two-page document (September '08) introducing the World Economic Forum's cross-industry Working Towards Wellness initiative, launched in 2006. OxHA is a member of the project board. Its goals include creating a global network of industry leaders focused on chronic disease prevention, and providing tools for these leaders to better implement workplace wellness programmes around the world.

Global health law | 130.5 kB

22 Sep 2008 | 'Global Health Law: A Definition and Grand Challenges', by L. Gostin (Public Health Ethics 1(1), 2008). A Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH), proposed by Lawrence Gostin(O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University) and Allyn L. Taylor would represent an historical shift in global health, with a broadly imagined global health governance. A FCGH would incorporate a bottom-up strategy focused on (1) building capacity, so that all countries have enduring and effective health systems, and (2) setting priorities, so that international assistance is directed to meeting basic survival needs. For more details on the FCGH, see both this article and, also by Prof Gostin, 'Meeting basic survival needs of the world’s least healthy people: toward a Framework Convention on Global Health', at http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/Global%20Health%20Law%20GLJ.pdf

FTC: Marketing food to children | 2.8 MB

30 Jul 2008 | This major report, 'Marketing food to children and adolescents: a review of industry expenditures, activities, and self-regulation', by the Federal Trade Commission is the first accurately to assess the spending by 44 major US food and beverage companies on their marketing to children. In 2006, $1.6 billion was spent on advertising aimed at 2- to 17-year-olds. The report aims to be a benchmark for future years.

Workplace wellness: the food industry | 1.2 MB

24 Jul 2008 | This short brochure, 'Workplace wellness: the food industry in action', from the Food and Drink Federation, is a series of case studies from its member companies, promoting the positive changes they have made to health in their workplaces, including Danone, Mars UK and Tate & Lyle. More information also here: https://www.fdf.org.uk/workplace_communities.aspx

3.4.50 - Prevenir para revertir los números | 1.5 MB

15 Jul 2008 | [Spanish] Article from 'Yo con Diabetes', issue 12 (July/August 2008), comprising an interview with Dr Jorge Ramirez, principal investigator on the Mexico CIH site.

Ambitions for health | 461.2 kB

09 Jul 2008 | 'Ambitions for Health – a strategic framework for maximising the potential of social marketing and health-related behaviour' is a document published by the Department of Health (UK) that sets out a new action plan to provide a clear steer on next steps for social marketing, building on the increasing appetite for its wider adoption throughout public health delivery systems. It sets out a strategic framework for a plan to work together with key leaders in the public health community to embed social marketing principles into health improvement programmes, and illustrates the practical tools being developed to build social marketing competencies and capacity in England.

3FOUR50 flyer | 58.2 kB

01 Jul 2008 | This short brochure briefly introduces the 3FOUR50* website, www.3four50.com, that encourages people to submit content about chronic disease prevention from all around the world. (* 3 risk factors lead to four chronic diseases that account for over 50% of deaths in the world.)

Young people's health and rights | 721.8 kB

30 Jun 2008 | This document, by Family Care International, is entitled 'Mobilising communities on young people's health and rights: An advocacy training guide '. It is a guide to strengthen community-level advocacy initiatives focusing on young people's health and rights. It identifies steps in defining goals and objectives, developing effective messages and activities, and monitoring and evaluating an advocacy campaign, and includes an advocacy toolkit for program managers and training guide.

Healthy Eating Toolkit | 1.5 MB

23 Jun 2008 | This publication by Business in the Community gives practical guidance in promoting healthy eating in companies, as part of an integrated health and wellbeing programme. It was 'created by employers for employers', drawing on their expertise, and provides best-practice, the business case for promoting healthy eating, and a model for creating a healthy-eating initiative.

Food and the environment | 1.3 MB

18 Jun 2008 | This presentation (here in pdf form) was given by Julie Woods, of Monash University, for the Public Health Association of Australia, Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group. It provides a clear and graphic explanation of the links between the environment (particularly climate change) and the food that we eat.

OxHA workplace health programme | 41.2 kB

18 Jun 2008 | A short introduction to the OxHA approach to workplace health (see also the 'Initiatives' section of this website).

Cycling: getting Australia moving | 3.1 MB

04 Jun 2008 | Report by the Cycling Promotion Fund states that cycling – to work or for leisure – saves the health industry an estimated Aus $227.2 million a year. Cycling to work in Australia is on the rise, up from 50,648 in 2001 to 62,032 in 2006 – but only 20% of these are women, and the numbers are still low because of poor infrastructure and safety concerns.

WHO: Implementing global strategy | 91.1 kB

18 Apr 2008 | This document, 'Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: implementation of the global strategy - Report by the Secretariat', includes in an annex a 'Draft action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases'. It sets out objectives, actions, a time frame and performance indicators for Member States, the Secretariat and international partners in order to guide their work on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases between 2008 and 2013 at global and regional levels.

Health, place and nature - Powerpoint | 3.6 MB

31 Mar 2008 | This is a slide set launched in conjunction with a pdf document 'Health, place and nature - how outdoor environments influence health and well-being: a knowledge base', published by the UK's Sustainable Development Commission.

Health, place and nature | 325.2 kB

31 Mar 2008 | Subtitled 'How outdoor environments influence health and well-being: a knowledge base', this brings together evidence on how exposure to natural spaces is good for health. It is published by the UK's Sustainable Development Commission, and was released in conjunction with a slide set (also posted here), which all are encouraged to use.