A Consequential Eight Years for Health Care and Public Health

The 2009 federal tobacco tax increase of 62 cents per pack, included in the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program, combined with the "Tips from Former Smokers" campaign launched by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were among many initiatives that have contributed to major declines in both adult and adolescent smoking rates, including a drop among adults from 20.6% in 2009 to 15.3% in 2015.3 Regarding nutrition and food policy, the Obama Administration has reformed essential federal nutrition programs that provide a critical safety net for millions of American children and families. More than 50 million children now have healthier food environments at school. Because of new food standards, nearly four million schoolchildren have access to nutritious meals each day in summers, and eight million low-income women, infants, and young children receive improved WIC food packages..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

AJPH - 107(2017), 1, Seite 24-26

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McDonough, John E [VerfasserIn]

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44.10

Themen:

Children & youth
Childrens health insurance programs
Electronic health records
Food
Health care policy
Health insurance
Insurance coverage
Insurance policies
Medicare
Nuclear power plants
Nutrition
Outdoor air quality
Prevention
Public health
Respiratory diseases
Smoking
Uninsured people

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RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.2105/AJPH.2016.303538

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1988143489