publications

BMSG's issue series

La mercadotecnia dirigida a madres de color

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

La mercadotecnia dirigida permite que las industrias de la soda y comida rápida les promuevan sus productos a grupos específicos. En este documento de mercadotecnia, parte de una serie desarrollada por BMSG para la iniciativa para crear capacidad nacional Comunidades Creando Ambientes Sanos, demostramos como estas industrias dirigen la mercadotecnia hacia madres de comunidades latinas y afroamericanas, y los problemas que resultan de esta practica. Tambien disponible en Inglés.

Talking about: Healthier beverage environments

Sunday, August 01, 2010

What we drink is directly related to what beverages are — or are not — sold in our communities. Water is the healthiest beverage, but many places, including schools, either don’t offer it or don’t have a safe supply, leaving people to reach for sodas or other sugary beverages instead. We can change this. Part Five of BMSG’s “Talking About” series explains how.

Talking about: The retail food environment

Saturday, July 31, 2010

How well we eat depends in large part on whether healthy food is affordable and readily available in our communities. That’s the message of this brief, the fourth part of BMSG’s “Talking About” series, which shows advocates how their messages can help improve the conditions that shape our health.

Talking about: Joint use

Friday, July 30, 2010

Joint use, the sharing of school and community resources like parks, playgrounds and gyms, can increase opportunities for adults and children to be active. Find out how it works and what makes joint use successful in Part Three of BMSG’s “Talking About” series.

Talking about: The walkable community

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Walkable communities are those that have enough park space, safe streets and well maintained, well lit walking paths for people to be active at any time of day. Part Two in BMSG’s six-part “Talking About” series, this overview of walkable communities shows why they matter and what advocates can do to help make them a reality in their own communities.

Talking about: The built environment and health

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The way a community is designed affects how healthy its residents can become by making it easier or harder to eat well and be active. This resource, Part One in a six-part series, shows advocates how the language they use can help make positive changes to the places they live, work, eat and play.

Making the case for breastfeeding: The health argument isn’t enough

Thursday, July 01, 2010

Breastfeeding can improve women’s and babies’ health, but simply trumpeting that message won’t improve breastfeeding rates. That’s because many social and cultural barriers make it difficult or undesirable for women to breastfeed. This framing brief shows advocates the key ingredients they need to produce effective breastfeeding messages that promote policies in support of this very basic but vital act.

Website: jointuse.org

Thursday, June 10, 2010

This site explores a public health strategy called joint use, which increases opportunities for children and adults to be physically active by allowing schools and communities to share resources like parks, swimming pools and playgrounds. Visit jointuse.org to watch videos of joint use success stories, view PhotoVoice photo essays by youth documenting barriers to physical activity, download fact sheets, research summaries and policy analyses, and find out how to jumpstart a joint use partnership in your own community.

Issue 18: Talking about breastfeeding: Why the health argument isn’t enough

Saturday, May 01, 2010

Public health advocates have for years been trying to increase the number of women who breastfeed by educating mothers about its health benefits. Breast milk improves babies’ immune systems and decreases women’s risk of everything from osteoporosis to type-2 diabetes. Reporters have trumpeted advocates’ message, yet breastfeeding rates remain dismally low. In this Issue, we explore what’s missing from the conversation and show how advocates in California are shifting the conversation to include the factors outside of health that make it hard for even the most well-informed women to breastfeed.

Alcohol marketing in the digital age [pdf]

Saturday, May 01, 2010

New technologies are fundamentally altering the alcohol marketing landscape. Even as the “information superhighway” has given way to a web devoted largely to commerce, marketing is one of the least understood aspects of the new media culture. This report summarizes findings from a study we conducted with our colleagues at the Center for Digital Democracy to identify and analyze the emerging alcohol digital marketing practices and to assess the policy implications for both.

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