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Items in this list may be obtained from the sources cited. Contact information reflects the most current data about the source that has been provided to the MCH Digital Library.

Displaying records 1 through 18 (18 total).

National Physical Activity Plan Alliance. 2016. National physical activity plan. [Columbia, SC]: National Physical Activity Plan,

Annotation: This U.S. National Physical Activity Plan is a comprehensive set of policies, programs, and initiatives designed to increase physical activity in all segments of the U.S. population. The Plan aims to foster a national culture that supports physically active lifestyles. Its ultimate purpose is to improve health, prevent disease and disability, and enhance quality of life. It provides recommendations for nine societal sectors: business and industry; community, recreation, fitness, and parks; education; faith-based settings; healthcare; mass media; public health; sport; and transportation, land use, and community design.

Contact: National Physical Activity Plan Alliance, 921 Assembly Street, Suite 212, Columbia, SC 29208, Telephone: (866) 365-5122 Fax: (803) 777-2504 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.physicalactivityplan.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Business, Communities, Education, Health care, Health promotion, Industry, Initiatives, Mass media, Physical activity, Programs, Public health, Sports

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. 2014. Designed for addiction: How the tobacco industry has made cigarettes more addictive, more attractive to kids and even more deadly. Washington, DC: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 42 pp., exec. summ. (6 pp.).

Annotation: This report describes key ways in which tobacco companies design and manipulate their products to attract new youth smokers, create and sustain addiction, mislead consumers to think that they are reducing their risk of disease, and make it more difficult for users to quit.

Contact: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, 1400 Eye Street, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 296-5469 Fax: (202) 296-5427 Web Site: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Consumer education, Consumer protection, Drug addiction, Industry, Marketing, Nicotine, Tobacco, Product safety, Research, Risk assessment

Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection and Bureau of Economics. 2014. Self-regulation in the alcohol industry: Report of the Federal Trade Commission. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, 49 pp.

Annotation: This report documents alcohol industry self-regulatory initiatives designed to address concerns about underage exposure to alcohol marketing. Contents include data about how industry members allocate marketing expenditures; compliance with its advertising placement standard; online and digital marketing, including privacy practices; product placements in entertainment media; and external review of complaints related to self-regulatory code compliance. The report provides the data in an aggregate, anonymous fashion.

Contact: Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580, Telephone: (202) 326-2222 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ftc.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Advertising, Alcohol consumption behavior, Children, Consumer protection, Costs, Data, Industry, Marketing, Regulations

Institute of Medicine, Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity. 2006. Progress in preventing childhood obesity: Focus on industry—Brief summary: Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 33 pp.

Annotation: This report provides a summary of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) regional symposium, Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Industry, held in Irvine, California, on December 1, 2005. The symposium focused on the specific IOM report recommendations for stakeholders within industry and the media to explore how to create healthy marketplaces and media for children and adolescents. The summary highlights recurring themes for accelerating change and how industry collectively can move forward with obesity prevention efforts that emerged from the symposium. These themes include (1) reverse the obesity trend; (2) market health nutrition; (3) make a business commitment to health; (4) change the food and physical activity environment; (5) forge strategic partnerships; (6) garner political support to ally public health and industry; (7) educate stakeholders; (8) collect, disseminate, and share local data; and (9) evaluate programs and interventions. Concluding comments and a program agenda are also included.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-309-66024-6.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Child health, Health education, Industry, Intervention, Marketing, Mass media, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical activity, Prevention, Program evaluation, Public health, Trends

Berinstein P. 2000. Finding statistics online: How to locate the elusive numbers you need [2nd Ed]. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 356 pp.

Annotation: This book is intended as both a how-to-do-it text and a desktop reference. Chapter 2 and the glossary of statistical terms provide information on understanding and using statistics. The book shows how to effectively search the Internet and professional online services for needed numbers. It discusses where and how to start searching, important systems and sources, and how to evaluate data for reliability. Chapters 5 through 18 discuss how to find statistics on demographics and population; industry, market, and general business; finance and economics; health and medicine; science, agriculture, and the environment; history; public opinion and trends; politics and government; sports, entertainment, and the arts; the law and crime; international issues; technology; education; and transportation.

Contact: Information Today, 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055-8750, Telephone: (609) 654-6266 Secondary Telephone: (800) 300-9868 Fax: (609) 654-4309 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.infotoday.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0910965250.

Keywords: Art, Business, Crime, Demography, Economics, Education, Environment, Government, Health, History, Industry, Internet, Medicine, Political processes, Public opinion, Sports, Statistics, Technology, Transportation, Vital statistics

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995. By the sweat and toil of children. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 2 v.

Annotation: This report was made to the U.S. Congress Committee on Appropriations. It contains two volumes; the first has the subtitle, "The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Manufactured and Mined Imports;" the second has the subtitle, "The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Agricultural Imports and Forced and Bonded Child Labor." The report explains why child labor is used in these industries and what the working conditions and terms of employment are for such workers. Specific profiles are given for manufacturing and mining industries and for the production of particular crops in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that are ultimately imported into the United States. The second volume also defines forced and bonded child labor and describes situations involving forced child labor; an additional section details the service sector and illegal economy. Appendices provide documents from numerous international conventions and declarations on the rights of working children.

Contact: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room C-4325, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: (202) 693-4770 Fax: (202)693-4780 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.dol.gov/ilab Available to read online or for mobile devices from several vendors.

Keywords: Africa, Agricultural injuries, Asia, Central America, Children, Industry, International data, Occupational injuries

Wintemute G. 1994. Ring of fire: The handgun makers of southern California. Sacramento, CA: University of California at Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program, 107 pp.

Annotation: This report describes six handgun manufacturers in Southern California which collectively produce more than a third of all handguns made in the United States. The report analyzes and illustrates various models of handguns, how they are marketed by their makers, and what role these firearms play in crime. Regulations which apply to the handgun industry are discussed and suggestions for community action are given.

Contact: Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California at Davis, 2315 Stockton Blvd. , Sacramento, CA 95817, Telephone: (916) 734-3539 Fax: (916) 734-3063 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/vprp/ $10.00; prepayment required; make checks payable to Regents, University of California.

Keywords: California, Firearms, Handguns, Industry, Regulations

Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General. 1989. Surgeon General's Workshop on Drunk Driving: Background papers. Rockville, MD: Office of the Surgeon General, 260 pp. (OSAP prevention library; no. 1)

Annotation: The background papers in this volume were commissioned to provide a foundation for and launch the discussion of the expert panels of the workshop. The authors presented state of the art in the different fields and describe the various attempts throughout the country and world to prevent alcohol-impaired driving. The topics were alcohol beverage control policies, mass communication effects on drinking and driving, epidemiologic perspectives on drunk driving, controlling injuries due to drinking and driving, the effectiveness of legal sanctions in dealing with drinking drivers, issues in the enforcement of impaired driving laws, transportation and alcohol service policies, injury control, youth impaired driving, problems among Native Americans and Alaska Natives, drunk driving among blacks and Hispanics, treatment, and citizen advocacy.

Contact: U.S. Office of the Surgeon General, Tower Building, Plaza Level 1, Room 100, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852, Telephone: (240) 276-8853 Fax: (240) 453-6141 Web Site: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/index.html Price unknown.

Keywords: Adolescents, Advertising, Advocacy, Advocacy, Alaska natives, American Indians, Blacks, Business, Consumer education, Criminal justice system, Data, Epidemiology, Hispanic Americans, Impaired driving, Industry, Injury prevention, Intervention, Law enforcement, Legislation, Mass media, Media campaigns, Motor vehicles, Outreach, Policies, Political systems, Prevention, Rehabilitation

U.S. Children's Bureau and U.S. Women's Bureau. 1942. Official report of proceedings before the Children's and the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor in the matter of standard for maternity care and employment of mothers in industry. Washington, DC: Ward and Paul, 120 pp.

National Research Council, Committee on Nutrition in Industry. 1942. The food and nutrition of industrial workers in wartime. Washington, DC: National Research Council, 17 pp. (Reprint and circular series; no. 110)

Annotation: This pamphlet aims to encourage proper attention to the nutrition of defense workers, so the improved health and morale which results may speed production of the material needed in modern warfare. It discusses the critical situation of defense workers, dietary deficiencies widespread among workers' families, the British experience with recruits and factory workers, nutrition and industrial health practices, practical considerations for industries interested in the nutritional health of their employees, and recommendations.

Keywords: Industry, Nutrition, War, Work force

Skinner M. 1938. Prohibition of industrial home work in selected industries under the National Recovery Administration. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 28 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 244)

Annotation: This study looked at the experiences of five industries (the men's clothing industry, the artificial flower and feather industry, the medium- and low-priced jewelry manufacturing industry, the men's neckwear industry, and the tag industry) in which home work was prohibited under the codes of the National Recovery Administration. The study focused on the way in which manufacturers had adjusted to code prohibitions of home work, the extent to which home workers had been absorbed into the factories, and the effect of the prohibition of home work on the home workers and their families. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Industry, Public assistance, Reports, Work family issues, Workplace

Skinner M. 1936. Industrial home work under the National Recovery Administration. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 57 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 234)

Nelson E . 1933. Women at work: A century of industrial change. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 51 pp. ([Women's Bureau publication])

Matthews EN. 1930. Children in fruit and vegetable canneries: A survey in seven states. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 227 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 198)

Skinner M. 1928. Child labor in New Jersey: Part 2—Children engaged in industrial home work. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 62 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 185)

Thompson LA. 1925. References on child labor and minors in industry: 1916-1924. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 153 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 147 (supplementary to no.18))

U.S. Children's Bureau. 1923. Minors in automobile and metal-manufacturing industries in Michigan. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 131 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 126)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Special report to the U.S. Congress on alcohol and health. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, triennial.

Annotation: This report describes current progress in research on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Topics covered include epidemiology, genetics and environment, neuroscience, medical consequences, fetal alcohol syndrome and other effects of alcohol on pregnancy outcome, adverse social consequences, diagnosis and assessment of alcohol use disorders, prevention, early and minimal intervention, and treatment.

Contact: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, , 5635 Fishers Lane, MSC 9304, Bethesda, MD 20892-9304, Telephone: (301) 443-3860 Fax: (301) 780-1726 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov Available in libraries; some editions available from the web. Document Number: DHHS (ADM) 87-1579 (6th), DHHS (ADM) 90-1656 (7th), DHHS (ADM) 281-91-0003 (8th).

Keywords: Adolescents, Adults, Age, Alaska natives, Alcohol use, American Indians, Attitudes, Blacks, Blood alcohol concentration, Brain injuries, Codes, College students, Community programs, Costs, Counseling, Crime, Demographics, Domestic violence, Drowning, Drug use, Education, Environment, Epidemiology, Ethnic groups, Fetal alcohol syndrome, Gender, Genetics, Hawaiians, Homeless persons, Industry, Injuries, Intervention, Legislation, Mortality, Motor vehicles, Motorcycles, Older adults, Pedestrians, Pregnant women, Prevention, Psychology, Questionnaires, Race, Railroads, Regulations, Seat belts, Social learning, Trauma
   

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.