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273420 Use of Information technology and GIS mapping to identify and eliminate disparities in the number and density of tobacco retailers and amount of tobacco marketing at the point of saleTuesday, June 26, 2012
: 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
This presentation will describe the literature on point of sale issues, including how the tobacco companies have targeted low income communities and communities of color. Increasingly communities are mapping tobacco retail outlets and performing store audits of marketing and product availability to show disparities and the need for policy solutions. This session will demonstrate new tools to help communities document the scope of the problem and potential solutions.
Learning Areas:
Communication and informaticsPlanning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines Learning Objectives:
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a researcher studying point of sale tobacco issues for 18 years and published over a dozen studies on the topic. I was a section editor for the US Surgeon General report’s section on point of sale. I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
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