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Using Media and Research for Advocacy: Low Cost Ways to Increase Success , June 2006

Food and Nutrition

Bringing agriculture and health workers together. LEISA (2008) 23(3):6-8

A review of the effectiveness of agriculture interventions in improving nutrition outcomes, 2003

Tobacco Control

Tobacco Use Increases Poverty and Inequity in Vietnam Factsheet, HealthBridge, 2010

English

Enforcement of Tobacco Control Law: A Guide to the Basics booklet, HealthBridge, February 2009

English

Tobacco Smuggling Fact Sheet, HealthBridge, 2009

English

Tobacco Taxation Fact Sheet, HealthBridge, 2009

English

Tobacco Pictorial Package Warnings Fact Sheet, HealthBridge, 2009

English

Enforcement of Tobacco Control Policies: Global Best Practices, HealthBridge, August 2008

English 

South-to-South Tobacco Control Program: Lessons Learned, HealthBridge, January 2007

English 

Using Media and Research for Advocacy: Low Cost Ways to Increase Success, HealthBridge, June 2006

English 

Tobacco and Poverty: Observations from India & Bangladesh, PATH Canada, 2nd Edition, July 2003

English 

Low Cost Research for Advocacy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 2002

English 

Using the Media for Tobacco Control, Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 2002

English 

Tobacco Control Manual, Dhaka, October 2001

Designed to inspire those in different sectors to become involved in tobacco control, the manual offers essential background information as well as practical suggestions for effective activities.

English | Français 

Hungry for Tobacco, Dhaka, revised printing, October 2001

This report shows how tobacco expenditures can further aggravate poverty and malnutrition by diverting resources from basic needs.

English 

Tobacco Control Law, Dhaka, August 2001

A practical guide to different legal measures to reduce tobacco use.

Français | Español 

BAT's Youth Smoking Prevention Programme, Dhaka, August 2001

Not only an analysis of BAT Bangladesh's programme, but also a guide to countering industry-sponsored youth prevention campaigns in other countries.

English | Français | Español 

ITGA Uncovered, June 2001

Exposure of the connections between ITGA and the tobacco industry, with detailed information to counter ITGA´s claims of representing tobacco farmers.

English | Français | Español 

Employment Factsheet 2001

Why successful tobacco control fails to harm, and can even benefit, workers and employment rates.

English | Français | Español 

Poverty Factsheet 2001

This factsheet discusses how tobacco use can make poverty worse.

English | Français | Español 

Malaria Control

Keeping Malaria at Bay: Insecticide-treated Nets, 2004, IDRC

Gender, Reproductive Health, HIV & AIDS

Women, Work, and Money: The Economic Contribution of Women through their Unpaid Labour, brochure, 2010

Women, Work, and Money: Studying the Economic Value of Women's Unpaid Work and Using the Results for Advocacy, June 2010

Women's Economic Contribution through Their Unpaid Household Work: The Case of India, Nagpur, India, 2009

The Economic Contribution of Pakistani Women through their Unpaid Labour, Islamabad, Pakistan, August 2008

A Study on the Economic Valuation of Women's Unpaid Work in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, June 2008

Women's Economic Contribution through their Unpaid Work in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, January 2008

The Economic Contribution of Women in Bangladesh Through their Unpaid Labour, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2007

Promoting Male Responsibility Towards Greater Gender Equality - Lessons Learned , Report by Debra Efroymson, HealthBridge, Regional Director, 2008

Livable Cities

Public Spaces, How they Humanize Cities , HealthBridge & WBB Trust, 2009

Cycling in Hanoi: Can the Past Become the Future?, Article by Deborah Efroymson, HealthBridge, Regional Director, 2008

Livable Cities: Ideas and Actions, HealthBridge and WBB Trust, 2007

Using Media and Research for Advocacy: Low Cost Ways to Increase Success , HealthBridge, June 2006

Transportation and poverty reduction, 2005, WBB - EnglishBengali

Parks or Parking? Summary of Donald Shoup´s book, 2005, The High Cost of Free Parking

Improving Dhaka's Traffic Situation: Lessons from Mirpur Road, 2005, WBB Trust - EnglishBengali

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Effects of a participatory agriculture and nutrition education project on child growth in northern Malawi, 2010

Efroymson D, Pham Thi  HA, Jones L, FitzGerald S,  Le Thi T, Le Thi TH. Tobacco and poverty: evidence from Vietnam. Tob Control 2011;20:296-301

Abstract

Tobacco and Poverty: Research for Advocacy Guidelines, HealthBridge, August 2011

English - French - Arabic - Russian - Spanish - Chinese

Hanoi - Fresh markets, a way of life and public health under threat, HealthBridge. Presented as Key-Note lecture at Public Forum “Public Markets in the Corporate City” in Hanoi March 2011. Published in Vietnamese Urban Planning Journal (Tap Chi Xay Dung) 2011

Summary – English | Vietnamese

Full Document – English

Physical Activity and NCD Prevention

Factsheet - English

Nutrition and NCD Prevention

Factsheet - English

Hanoi at a Cross-Roads:  Streets for People or Cars?

An introduction to a practical framework to support healthy public transit, which can be adopted for Hanoi: the 3D approach

Summary – English | Vietnamese

Roy A, Efroymson D, Jones L, Ahmed S, Arafat I, Sarker R, FitzGerald S. Gainfully employed? An inquiry into bidi-dependent livelihoods in Bangladesh, Tob Control 2011;Published Online First: 20 July 2011

Abstract

Contribution of Integrated Campaign Distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets to Coverage of Target Groups and Total Populations in Malaria-Endemic Areas in Madagascar. Am J Trop Med Hyg March 2010 vol. 82 no. 3 420-425, 2004, IDRC

Making the Tobacco and Poverty Link: Results from Research for Advocacy Projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, HealthBridge, August 2011

English - French - Arabic - Russian - Spanish - Chinese

MOBILE COMPUTERS FOR FIELD SURVEYS

HealthBridge and DevEd International are offering a free online course for learning how to use PDAs for field surveys. The course will take approximately 20 to 40 hours to complete.

Click here for the course homepage and see the Q&A in the Main menu.

General

Urban development trends in Hanoi & impact on ways of life, public health and happiness. Livability from a Health Perspective, HealthBridge.  Presented at Conference: Hanoi Millennium – City Past and Future Organized by UN-Habitat and Global Research Center Hawaii, 12-13 October 2010, Hanoi. Published in Vietnamese Urban Planning Journal (Tap Chi Xay Dung) 2010 - English

 

Livable Cities and NCD Prevention. HealthBridge. 2011

Brochure - English

Efroymson D, Jones L, FitzGerald S, eds. Sometimes We Win: Tobacco Control Success Stories from Asia. Ottawa ON: HealthBridge, 2010

English

Livable Cities Newsletters

 

Issue 1 – July 2011

Issue 2 – October 2011

Issue 3 - January 2012

Dhaka's BRT Walkability Strategy: Ensuring that Dhaka’s Transportation Infrastructure is Pedestrian-Friendly. HealthBridge. November 2011

Dasgupta Mazumdar P, John S & Narendra S. Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship across South and South East Asia- Challenges and Opportunities. Center for Media Studies & HealthBridge. India. July 2009.