Not business as usual: Engaging the corporate sector in India's TB elimination efforts.

India has the highest global burden of tuberculosis (TB), accounting for a quarter of the worldwide TB disease incidence. Given the magnitude of India's epidemic, TB has enormous economic implications. Indeed, the majority of individuals with TB disease are in their prime years of economic productivity. Absenteeism and employee turnover due to TB have economic ramifications for employers. Furthermore, TB can easily spread in the workplace and compound the economic impact. Employers who fund workplace, community, or national TB initiatives stand to gain directly and also enjoy reputational benefits, which are important in the era of socially conscious investing. Corporate social responsibility laws in India and tax incentives can be leveraged to bring the logistical networks, reach, and innovative spirit of the private sector to bear on India's formidable TB epidemic. In this perspective piece, we explore the economic impacts of TB; opportunities for and benefits from businesses contributing to TB elimination efforts; and strategies to enlist India's corporate sector in the fight against TB.

Where Are the Questions About Firearms?: An Analysis of US Federal Public Health Survey Data Infrastructure.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate existing federal survey data infrastructure pertaining to firearms and firearm-related violence. BACKGROUND: Firearm-related violence results in >40,000 deaths in the United States each year. Limited federal investments over the past 25 years have restricted a systematic approach to federal data collection related to firearms. METHODS: We conducted a systematized review of the 22 continuously administered public health surveys in the US Federal Statistical System conducted between 1995 and 2020. Surveys were included if they addressed 1 of 4 areas of inquiry: (1) firearms; (2) exposure to or experience of firearm-related, intimate partner, or other interpersonal violence; (3) substance use and substance use disorder; (4) behavioral health. Descriptive statistics were used to report the frequency of relevant questions. RESULTS: Nine of 22 surveys were focused on one of these domains and included in this analysis, 7 focused on adults (total 128 survey administrations over the study period) and 2 on youth and adolescents (total 30 administrations). Among all adult surveys, questions related to firearm use were asked 20% of the time, firearm-related violence 4%, firearm ownership 23%; in youth surveys, firearm use was addressed 0 times, firearm-related violence 57%, and firearm ownership 90%. CONCLUSIONS: Reliable national data are critical to understanding firearm-related violence as well as to developing, implementing, and evaluating public health measures to address it. Improving the consistency of questions pertaining to firearm access and experiences of violence in federal surveys offers an opportunity to improve national data infrastructure.