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Examining Compliance with a Statewide Law Banning Junk Food and Beverage Marketing in Maine Schools

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Policy development is an important and powerful tool to promote health and welfare in society, yet the process of adopting policies is rarely evaluated for compliance, and studies examining policy impact sometimes neglect to verify the extent to which the policy interventions are faithful to the policy's original intent.Evaluations can lead to critical improvements and improve success in achieving intended goals.In this article, Polacsek et al. present a simple yet elegant evaluation of Maine's law to limit the marketing of foods of minimal nutritional value in public school settings.Their findings underscore the need to perform such evaluations to inform enforcement efforts and assess impact.

Source: Public Health Reports

DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700211

Authors: Michele Polacsek, Karen O'Rourke, Liam O'Brien, Janet Whatley Blum, Sara Donahue

Institutions: University of New England, Hunter College

Language: English

Topic: Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: University of Southern Maine, Colby College, University of New England