title: An academic, business, and community alliance to promote evidence-based public health policy: the case of primary seat belt legislation.
abstract: An academic, business, and community alliance comprising 285 organizations, including 43 national groups represented on a Blue Ribbon Panel organized by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, targeted Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin for high involvement/intervention consisting of community organization and other political action to support passage of primary seat belt laws. State-level alliance activities began in January 2003. All six states enacted a primary seat belt law between 2004 and 2009. From January 2003 to May 2010, passage of primary legislation was 4.5 times as likely (95% CI 1.90, 10.68) in states with high versus low alliance involvement. Positive interaction between high alliance involvement and offers of federal incentives may have occurred as well. This evidence of success suggests that academic-business-community alliances for action to promote evidence-based public health policy may be effective.
authors: Irwin A
authors: IA
authors: Goldzweig
authors: David G
authors: DG
authors: Schlundt
authors: Wayne E
authors: WE
authors: Moore
authors: Patricia E
authors: PE
authors: Smith
authors: Roger J
authors: RJ
authors: Zoorob
authors: Robert S
authors: RS
authors: Levine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003132:Commerce; D019058:Community Networks; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult