by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Will Californians see 14 new soda tax proposals by 2014? Proponents of a soda tax took a bruising last November, but their defeat has only emboldened them to come back and fight even harder.
Tags: El Monte, measure N, Measure O, public health, Richmond, soda industry, soda tax
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012
In the fight for public health and social change, advocacy groups must often work for decades before seeing real change. But, as a recent victory for environmental health advocates shows, the struggle is well worth it. And media advocacy can play an important role in getting there.
Tags: advocacy, beauty products, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, cosmetics, environmental health, Johnson & Johnson, product safety, public health, seat belt laws, social change, tobacco
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Monday, August 20, 2012
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is one of several prominent Latino organizations that has recently accepted large sums of money from PepsiCo. In doing so, such groups gain much-needed funds for scholarships and internships but may risk losing something even bigger.
Tags: corporate social responsibility, PepsiCo, public health, soda, sports drinks, sugary drinks, target marketing, tobacco
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Media coverage of violence and other public health issues tends to focus narrowly on individuals, overlooking the context for their actions. Continuing coverage of the Sandusky child sexual abuse case is proving an exception to that rule, yet it is not without shortcomings.
Tags: child sexual abuse, media, Penn State, sandusky, violence prevention
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
It’s our government’s duty to protect us from health hazards. Yet a dominant “government intrusion” frame is making efforts to do so difficult. It’s time for public health leaders to vigorously defend government’s role in improving health.
Tags: Bloomberg, government intrusion, nanny state, public health, soda
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Public health advocates and the news media have long pointed to the need for a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent unnecessary deaths. Now, as we approach the bridge’s 75th anniversary, it still lacks one. What will it take to change that?
Tags: Golden Gate Bridge, public health, suicide barrier, suicide prevention, violence prevention
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Do you ever find yourself bringing up your opposition’s frame before she or he does? By raising the precise frames we intend to counter, even to refute them, we are creating hurdles we now must jump over. And we may be suggesting these arguments to those who had not yet considered them.
Tags: elephant triggers, framing, george lakoff, language, liana winett
by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced that she will focus more on getting kids to be active in her Let’s Move campaign. Does this mean less time encouraging food companies to make healthier products for kids and stop marketing junk food to them? Advocate Marion Nestle and the White House’s Sam Kass weigh in.
Tags: junk food marketing, Let's Move, Marion Nestle, Michelle Obama, physical activity, public health, Sam Kass
