The California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1999 by Southern California Public Health Association (SCPHA) and California Public Health Association-North (CPHA-N). CCPHA “raises awareness about critical public health issues and mobilizes communities to promote the establishment of effective state and local health policies (www.ccpha.org).” CCPHA focuses its advocacy mission on current public health problems facing the state of California. The organization also examines and disseminates crucial public health information that is affecting local communities. The CCPHA conducts studies, develops policy reports and updates other advocates on current state and local policy reforms.
Community mobilization, research, state and local data, scientific advisory panels, media advocacy, policy maker education, and partnership building are all strategies utilized by CCPHA to reinforce state and local policy reforms. CCPHA has enforced these strategies to public health problems affecting California, such as child nutrition, childhood obesity and increasing overall physical activity in children and adults.
CCPHA has accepted donations from The California Endowment, The California Vitamin Cases Consumer Settlement Fund, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The California Nutrition Network, The California Wellness Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, and The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, as well as from other various groups and associations that support its mission.
In this policy advocacy brief, CCPHA is advocating for the implementation of California’s Soda Tax (AB 669). AB 669 would impose a one cent tax per ounce on soda as well as other sugar enriched drinks. This statewide tax ...
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...the detrimental effects that sweetened drinks have caused society. CCPHA also adopts policies and procedures used to limit the sale and marketing of sweetened drinks, while providing healthy alternatives to the public.
Works Cited
The California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) www.publichealthadvocacy.org
The Legislative Process http://senate.ca.gov/legislativeprocess#step4
Susan A. Babey, Malia Jones, Hongjian Yu and Harold Goldstein, Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California, UCLA Health Policy Research Brief. September 2009. http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/PDFs/Bubbling_PolicyBrief.pdf
Harold Goldstein and Jennifer Richard, California’s Soda Tax: Helping Cash Strapped Communities Protect Children’s Health, A Publication of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, www.publichealthadvocacy.org. April 2011
Drenkard, S. (2010). Overreaching on Obesity: Governments Consider New Taxes on Soda and Candy. Retrieved from http://heartland.org
The New York soda ban would not prove to be effective because it is will bring about a rebellious reaction in some people, it does not include supermarkets, vending machine and convenience stores and refills which means people can go around it and educating people should be the first step towards improvement in their lifestyle.
Responses to the second survey question of whether students prefer diet soda or regular soda was as expected. With a majority of 74%, thirty-seven respondents stated that they would rather drink regular, 6% prefers only diet, and 10% could drink either one. Results to the second question are listed below in Figure 2.
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Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community. Informing, educating and empowering the people about health issues. Mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems. Health assessments also develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. They also enforce laws and regulations that help protect health and ensure safety (Thivierge, 2016). Assessments link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable. Public health assessments can help to assure the public of the competency of the public health and personal health care workforce. These assessments evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services (Thivierge,
Sugary soft drinks should be taxed in order to change people’s habit of drinking these towards the goal of
A soda tax aims to stop consumers from buying soda to help those who are obese. This will not be effective. Therefore, a soda tax will not be good public policy. A soda tax is a tax that will add an extra cent per ounce to a bottle or can of a sugary drink, including juice, tea, coffee, energy drinks, and soda.
Based on the information and data collected through research the statement that soda has no nutritional benefits for the human body and causes harm, opposed to stating that soda has no negative effects to the body can be made. Soda is often a big part of a human’s diet. Therefore, the harmful effects of soda are occurring without people knowing soda is to blame and not having the knowledge of the illnesses that are linked to it.
health care. The Governor of California wants the taxpayers to believe state employees are the
In the past 60 to 70 years the fast food industry has been one of America’s bittersweet phenomenons. Its the foods that people undeniably crave served all in the matter of minutes at a beyond reasonable low cost, sounds almost too good to be true. With 60 million Americans served fast food everyday its safe to say its very enticing ( “Fast food statistics”, 2014). All the deliciousness aside, most rational individuals are aware of the underlying immoral results from frequent consumption of fast food. Giving way to the cliche, fitting perfect for fast food supporters, “Everything is good in moderation.” With all the recents cutbacks and reforms towards child obesity, currently one of the nations biggest epidemics, the thought of an increase of tax on fast foods has become a hot topic. With sugared soda beverages already banned from public schools and multiple programs implemented against our nations problems with child obesity, a tax on fast only seems like the next logical step towards resolving this issue. Opposers believe it will have minimal effect and its just another tax on the poor. With that said a substantial gain of tax revenue that the government would receive from this decision and reducing highly fattening food consumption amongst adolescence, there seems to be cognitive reason to enforce such a law.
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Taxing sugary drinks has been a controversial national topic for a while now, most people can agree that the arguments regarding this topic started when New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg attempted to ban all outsized sugary drinks from restaurants and other eateries. This sparked great controversy and upset many people regarding Bloomberg and how he used his "power" as New York City's mayor to impose such a ban. Although Bloomberg's ban was not as successful as he wanted it to be, many states and people agreed with what he was trying to impose and started taking matters into their own hands. Cities and states started to slowly ease in their attempt to put a ban on sugary drinks and have people apart of their region follow their attempts. Like Bloomberg, these states are all correct; putting a tax on sugary drinks is a positive initiative that the United States government should work harder to impose.
It is no secret that junk foods are priced at a level that the average consumer can afford. The author tells the readers of an experience he had while passing by a family restaurant. He inputs a scenery with detail in the reader’s mind by saying, “... a ‘Texas-size breakfast’... enough to produce a Texas-size heart attack, and for $1.99. Americans are not known for resisting such temptations, especially if money is tight,” (Brody 71). The issue Brody is trying to come forward is: even though junk food comes at an affordable price, the price of a bad diet will come back and leave a person in debt. It does not make any sense as to why the bad foods are cheaper than the good and healthier foods that are available to us. It should be the other way around, but big business will not allow it to be that way. A suggestion that was put on by the author says, “California, for example. Could bring in $1.5 billion a year with a 1-cent per pound excise tax on sugar-sweetened drinks,” (Brody 71). If we cannot initiate the movement towards healthier meals just yet, the government should at least provide some funds towards healthier snacks. The vending machines need to exchange the bags of chips, cookies, and brownies for apples and bags of carrots. These easy-access machines should function to benefit a student, not do damage to their health. According to observations made by Alice Waters and Katrina Heron, “The long list of options includes high-fat, low-grade meats and cheeses and processed foods like chicken nuggets and pizza,” (Heron, Waters). The idea to tax bad foods, as Jane E. Brody endorses, would be able to bring in funds for better options of meals than the harmful chemical-filled foods Heron and Waters mention. Though this transition may not be immediate, it is possible to