NPCH Focus Area: Public Health

The design of the NPCH makes it possible to ask the public about emerging public health issues and publish the results in a timely fashion. NPCH has gauged public concern about current health topics and also asked the public to weigh in on proposed public health interventions.

Related Reports:

Adults worry e-cigarettes will encourage kids to start smoking tobacco, December 18, 2013.

Broad public support for banning smoking in vehicles with kids present, July 22, 2013.

Few parents enforce shower-before-pool rules that prevent illness from water parks, June 20, 2011.

Tobacco: a smoking gun for kids' asthma attacks, January 24, 2011.

Strong public support for innovative programs to prevent teen pregnancy, January 6, 2011.

For e-cigarettes, public supports health warnings & ban on sales to minors, September 13, 2010.

Sweet danger: public links alcopops, underage drinking, April 6, 2009.