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Nutrition, Tobacco Control, Workplace Health
The Economics Of Cancer Prevention & Control: Data Digest
Developed for the World Cancer Leaders' Summit 2014, with the input of the Vitality Institute Introduction With the adoption of the UN Political Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) in 2011, the world’s political leaders acknowledged the enormity of the NCD burden and the threats NCDs pose to human, economic and social development. Even so,... More »Union for International Cancer Control | Dec. 3, 2014
Behavioral Economics, Workplace Health
Making the Workplace a More Effective Site for Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases in Adults
By Tryon, Katherine MA (Oxon), MBBS; Bolnick, Howard MBA, FSA; Pomeranz, Jennifer L. JD, MPH; Pronk, Nicolaas PhD; Yach, Derek MBChB, MPH Abstract Objective: Efforts to realize the potential of disease prevention in the United States have fallen behind those of peer countries, and workplace disease prevention is a major gap. This article investigates the... More »Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine (JOEM) | November 2014
Workplace Health
3. Why is Community Health Important to Your Business? (Webinar Series)
Derek Yach (The Vitality Institute) and Jason Lang (CDC)Watch Past Webinar | November 12, 2014 | 2-3pm ET
Alcohol Use, Behavioral Economics, Brain Health, Innovative Technology, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Tobacco Control, Workplace Health
New Opportunities in the Changing Landscape of Prevention
By Derek Yach and Chris Calitz The focus of medical research has historically been on curative medicine, yielding better drugs, medical devices, and clinical procedures. Prevention science—the systematic application of scientific methods to the causes and prevention of diseases in populations—has yet to receive the necessary investment and support required to reduce the growing burden... More »JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) | July 17, 2014
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