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Public Health Data Disclosure or Request Readiness Assessment

Data Modernization and Informatics,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure Grant,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Chris Alibrandi O’Connor,
Resource,
Capacity Building

Public Health Data Disclosure or Request Readiness Assessment Chris Alibrandi O’Connor Explore key steps and lessons for effective public health data sharing. Organizations that want to share or request data to support public health work ...

Legislative Prospectus: Supporting Mental and Behavioral Health

Legislative Prospectus,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Telehealth,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Policy,
State Health Policy

States and territories are adopting a wide array of policies to improve mental and behavioral health, including significant investments in suicide prevention, support for youth mental health, and improving access through telehealth.

Public Health Litigation Round-Up

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Public Health Law,
State Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Overdose Prevention,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Firearm Injury and Violence Prevention,
Tobacco Control,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Michigan,
Mississippi,
Montana,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Texas,
Christina Severin

Learn more about recent federal and Supreme Court cases that impact public health policy.

State Policy Advances in Extreme Weather Preparedness

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Emergency Powers,
Maine,
Texas,
California,
Hawaii,
Colorado,
Oregon,
Vermont,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
Virginia,
Mississippi,
Puerto Rico,
Margaret Nilz

State Policy Advances in Extreme Weather Preparedness Margaret Nilz Learn about recent policies that aim to improve extreme weather preparedness, boost community resilience, and ultimately protect public health. Extreme weather events are ...

Prevention and Response Policies to Reduce Overdoses Involving Synthetic Opioids

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Overdose Prevention,
Opioids,
Arizona,
Connecticut,
Florida,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New York,
North Carolina,
Virginia,
JoAnne Deehr

Learn how state legislation is expanding access to drug checking equipment and screening in this Health Policy Update.

States Continue to Address PFAS in U.S. Food and Water Supply

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
California,
Delaware,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Maine,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
Vermont,
West Virginia,
Beth Giambrone,
Heather Tomlinson

States Continue to Address PFAS in U.S. Food and Water Supply States Continue Addressing PFAS in Food and Water Supplies Heather Tomlinson, Beth Giambrone Read how federal and state actions aim to tighten regulations to reduce PFAS ...

States Stay Prepared by Supporting the Public Health Workforce

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Public Health Workforce,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Alaska,
California,
Colorado,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Michigan,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Puerto Rico,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
Wisconsin,
Margaret Nilz,
Christina Severin

States Stay Prepared by Supporting the Public Health Workforce Margaret Nilz, Christina Severin Learn how states use policy to support emergency preparedness and bolster the public health workforce. Public health — particularly public ...

The Importance of Addressing Breastfeeding Policies in Health Equity Work

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Special Populations,
Nutrition and Fitness,
Illinois,
New York,
Washington, D.C.,
California,
Texas,
Kentucky,
Pennsylvania,
Missouri,
Connecticut,
Leah Silva,
Aika Aluc

This Health Policy Update is an overview of state legislative activity addressing access to and support for breastfeeding or lactation practices.

States Offer Flexibility to Shore Up Healthcare Workforce

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID Testing and Screening,
COVID and Workforce,
Alaska,
Delaware,
Guam,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
Washington, D.C.,
COVID and Law/Policy

This Health Policy Update is an overview of policy strategies that states have taken at the executive and legislative levels to increase the healthcare workforce to more effectively and efficiently respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

States Tackle the Climbing Maternal Mortality Rate in the U.S.

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
Oklahoma,
Vermont,
West Virginia

There are two alarming health trends on the rise affecting women across the United States: maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. This post is an overview of legislative activity from the current session to address the high ...

The New Frontier of Digital Proximity Tracing

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
California,
New York,
North Dakota,
South Dakota,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
New Jersey,
Washington,
Partnership

The New Frontier of Digital Proximity Tracing Association of state and territorial health officials, astho, public health, covid-19, contact tracing, case investigation, public health surveillance, infectious disease, proximity tracing, ...

Tick-Borne Disease Warning Signs in State Parks

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Environmental Health,
Vector-Borne Disease,
Environmental Health Informatics and Surveillance,
Population Health and Prevention,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Michigan,
New York,
Wisconsin,
Courtney Anderson,
Kathy Dolan

Though late spring and summer is considered “tick season,” ticks are still a threat in the fall as many areas of the country continue to see temperatures that ticks can thrive later and later in the year, and as people continue to get ...