Tobacco

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Thompson JW, Ryan KW, Tyson S, Munir C.  Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act of 2000:  Results from Education and Engagement with Policy Makers and the Public.  Health Promotion Practice Supplement to July 2004;5(3):57S-63S

 

Thompson JW, Boozman FW, Tyson S, Ryan KW, McCarthy S, Scott R, Smith GR.  Improving Health with Tobacco Dollars from the MSA:  The Arkansas Experience.  Health Affairs (Millwood) 2004;23(1):177-185

 

Thompson JW, Wilson ID, Huckabee M: State Expenditures for Tobacco-Control Programs and the Tobacco Settlement.  New England Journal of Medicine (letter) 348(7):663-664, February 13, ,2003

 

Articles

 

Thompson JW, "Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act of 2000", Supported through Initiated Act by ~ 2/3 voting Arkansans, November 7, 2000

 

Reports

 

Tobacco White Paper

 

History of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement

 

Tobacco Settlement Summary Chart

 

Childhood Obesity

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Ryan KW, Card-Higginson P, Shaw JL, Ganahl SA, Thompson JW:  Public Health "Malpractice" and the Obesity Epidemic. Public Health Reports 2007; 122:414-416.

 

Ryan KW, Card-Higginson P, McCarthy S, Justus M, Thompson JW:  Arkansas Fights Fat: Translating Research Into Policy To Combat Childhood And Adolescent Obesity.  Health Affairs 2006;25(4):992-1004.

 

Thompson J, Shaw J, Card-Higginson P, Kahn R:  Overweight among Students in Grades K–12—Arkansas, 2003–04 and 2004–05 School Years.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports January 2006; 55(1):5-8.

 

Justus MB, Ryan KW, Rockenback J, Katterapalli C, Card-Higginson P.  Lessons Learned While Implementing a Legislated School Policy:  BMI Assessments Among Arkansas's Public School Students.  Journal of School Health [accepted August 30, 2007].

 

Articles

 

Reports

 

Year One 2003-2004   

Statewide Report

 

Year Two 2004-2005   

Statewide Report    

Executive Summary  

 

Year Three 2005-2006 

Statewide Report    

Executive Summary  

 

Year Four 2006-2007   

Statewide Report

 

State Employee Health

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Articles

 

Reports

 

Summary of Medical and Pharmacy Costs Related to Health Risks

 

Vehicular Safety

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Articles

 

Paula Card-Higginson, Joseph Thompson, Mary E. Aitken, Stephen M. Bowman, John E. Carson, Tsai Mei Lin, Yanzhe Zhao:  Safety Restraint Use Linked to Hospital Use and Charges in Arkansas.  The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society January 2008, Vol. 104 No. 7: 161-164

 

Reports

 

Hospital Costs and Safety Belt Use in Arkansas

 

Immunizations

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Thompson JW, Tyson S, Salmon DA, Sapsin JW, Teret S, Jacobs RF, Thompson JW, Ryan KW, Halsey NA:  Public Health and the Politics of School Immunization Requirements.  American Journal of Public Health [Commentary] May 2005, 95(5):778-783

 

Fairbrother G, Freed GL, Thompson JW: Measuring Immunization Coverage.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine 19(3 Supp.):78-88, Oct 2000

 

Articles

 

Reports