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Public Health Approaches to Preventing Suicide and Promoting Mental Well-Being

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Suicide Prevention,
State Health Policy,
North Dakota,
Texas,
Colorado,
Nebraska,
Montana,
Kentucky,
Virginia,
Illinois,
New Jersey,
Georgia,
Idaho,
Utah,
Maryland

Public Health Approaches to Preventing Suicide and Promoting Mental Well-Being Public Health Approaches to Preventing Suicide Caitlin Langhorne Griffith, Arnelle Toffey Learn how to execute public health approaches to preventing suicide, ...

From the Chief Medical Officer: Braiding and Layering Funding Amplifies Public Health Impact

Blog,
Population Health and Prevention,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Series,
Chief Medical Officer Series,
Rhode Island,
North Carolina,
People of Public Health,
Colorado,
Massachusetts,
Wisconsin,
Funding,
Marcus Plescia

Braiding and layering funding allows state health departments to leverage diverse fundings sources and amplify their impact. Learn more about this strategy and its importance.

State Policies to Improve Youth Mental Health and Reduce Suicides

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Health Equity,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Substance Misuse,
LGBTQ+,
California,
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Florida,
Georgia,
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Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Heather Sebero

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted youth mental health, particularly as a result of school closures, social isolation, family economic hardship, fear of family loss or illness, and reduced access to healthcare. However, states ...

Modernizing Public Health Data and Protecting Privacy

Legislative Prospectus,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
LGBTQ+,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Colorado,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
Oklahoma,
Rhode Island,
Utah,
Wisconsin

ASTHO Legislative Prospectus | Previewing 2025 state legislative actions on data modernization and privacy.

Inclusive Contracting: Successes to Advance Breastfeeding Equity

Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Funding,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Blog,
Aika Aluc,
Evangeline Crawford,
Ify Mordi,
Melissa L. Lewis,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
At-Risk Populations,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Elimination of Disparities,
Infant and Child Health,
Public Health Workforce

Though now an illegal practice, government contracts, policies, and practices have generally excluded women, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Still, practices and existing structures continue the inequitable distribution of all ...

The Importance of Family Engagement in Breastfeeding Programs

Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Tennessee,
Blog,
Deborah Backman,
Colorado,
Health Care Access,
Infant and Child Health

Every August, national, state, and local breastfeeding stakeholders celebrate National Breastfeeding Month by engaging each other and the public in conversations about changes needed to build a landscape of breastfeeding support. The 2021 ...

States Stepping Up to Support Families and Reduce Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
California,
Colorado,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
New Jersey,
Oregon,
Vermont,
Washington,
Beth Giambrone,
Maggie Davis,
Caitlin Langhorne Griffith,
Juno Dolan

Research confirms that strengthening economic supports can improve parental mental health, children’s health, education, and social outcomes.

Data-Sharing Strategies to Support Access to Care Interventions

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Medicaid Data and Analysis,
Medicaid Partnerships and Policy,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Public Health Workforce,
Partnership,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Colorado,
Iowa,
New Hampshire,
Anna Bartels,
Chikamso Chukwu

Data-Sharing Strategies to Support Access to Care Interventions Anna Bartels, Chikamso Chukwu Learn how primary care offices improve community access to health care in this Health Policy Update. Every state public health agency houses a ...

State Legislatures Moving to Increase Rural Health Care Access

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Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Florida,
Hawaii,
Kentucky,
Nebraska,
Iowa,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
Alabama,
Oklahoma,
Indiana,
Colorado,
North Dakota,
Mississippi,
Georgia,
California,
Oregon,
Washington

State Legislatures Moving to Increase Rural Health Care Access How States Are Incentivizing Health Care Providers to Practice in Rural Areas Lana McKinney Hospital closures and fewer care options in rural areas cause worse health outcomes ...

State Policies Aim to Eliminate Food Deserts

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Population Health and Prevention,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
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Hawaii,
Illinois,
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Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
North Dakota,
Pennsylvania,
Texas,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
Beth Giambrone

State Policies Aim to Eliminate Food Deserts Beth Giambrone Learn how states are working to improve access to healthy foods and eliminate food deserts in this Health Policy Update. The environment where we live, work, and play can shape ...

Strategies for Messaging About Cyanobacterial Blooms: Lessons From State Listening Sessions

Report,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
Population Health and Prevention,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Florida,
Idaho,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Oregon,
Texas

This report contains lessons learned and examples of messaging strategies that were successful during cyanobacterial bloom responses, they were collected from 17 state health agency staff members across 12 states.

State Policies Promote the Importance of Defibrillators and CPR

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Heart Disease,
West Virginia,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
Michigan,
Missouri,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Arizona,
Colorado,
California,
Lana McKinney

State Policies Promote the Importance of Defibrillators and CPR astho, association of state and territorial health officials, automated external defibrillators, heart disease, cpr training, defibrillators and cpr, cardiac arrest, coronary ...

Breastfeeding Equity Through Community Engagement

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Infographic,
Funding,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Infant and Child Health,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Texas,
Utah,
Washington

In this infographic, ASTHO highlights some of the biggest takeaways, successes, and data collected from the Breastfeeding Learning Community.

Leveraging Healthy People 2030 to Build Non-Traditional Multisector Partnerships

Toolkit,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Healthy People 2030,
Health in All Policies,
Health Equity,
Operationalizing Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Care Access,
California,
Colorado,
Florida,
Illinois,
Kansas,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Ohio,
Wisconsin,
Corinne Gillenwater,
Megan DeNubila,
Taylor Francis,
Karen McCullough,
Topics,
Equity

Leveraging Healthy People 2030 to Build Non-Traditional Multisector Partnerships multisector partnerships, healthy people 2030, health equity, health outcomes, social services, health disparities, preventable disease, premature death, ...

Opportunities for Public Health Agencies to Advance Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Programs

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Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Community Health Workers,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Arizona,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
South Carolina,
Utah,
Michigan,
South Dakota,
Kansas,
New Mexico,
Nevada,
Rhode Island,
Colorado,
Minnesota,
Alaska,
Massachusetts,
Washington,
Louisiana,
Wisconsin,
Idaho,
Connecticut,
Missouri,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Texas,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Funding

Opportunities for Public Health Agencies to Advance Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Programs Advancing Sustainable Financing of Community Health Workers Explore how health officials can play key roles as funders, ...

Examining State Innovations to Advance Breastfeeding and Health Equity

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Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Illinois,
Missouri,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Utah,
Washington,
Infant and Child Health

Breastfeeding is considered the gold standard in postnatal care for both birthing persons and infants. Yet racial disparities in breastfeeding initiation and duration rates continue to persist. Effective intervention strategies require a ...

Overdose Prevention Policies Help People Involved with Criminal Justice System

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Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Overdose Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Medicaid Partnerships and Policy,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Illinois,
Maine,
Oregon,
Colorado,
Utah,
JoAnne Deehr

Explore how states are enacting legislation to help justice-involved people avoid overdose illness and death and foster a smooth transition after release.

State Policies Bolster Investment in Community Health Workers

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Community Health Workers,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Louisiana,
Michigan,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New York,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Texas,
Virginia,
Washington,
Brianna Gorman

In the current legislative cycle, there are several policy strategies that support the development and integration of community health workers into the public health workforce, including dedicated federal funding and state laws supporting ...