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Avoiding ACEs by Helping Families During COVID-19

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Arizona,
California,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
New York,
Ohio,
South Carolina,
Vermont,
Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
Alaska

This Health Policy Update is an overview of state legislative activity to increase financial stability for families during the COVID-19 pandemic which may help to prevent adverse childhood experiences.

The Seven Biggest Public Health Policy Issues on the Hill in 2020

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Funding,
Health Care Access,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma

As a truly historic year comes to an end, many public health policy issues received a considerable amount of attention in 2020. Subjects such as the pandemic that will live on in infamy, racial health disparities, and the future of the ...

How States are Handling School Vaccination Requirements in a Pandemic

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Vaccine,
Immunization,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Influenza,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Connecticut,
Washington, D.C.,
Hawaii,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Andy Baker-White,
Education,
Maine,
Illinois,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infant and Child Health

Conditioning school attendance on student vaccinations is an evidence-based way of maintaining and increasing vaccine coverage. State law establishes school vaccination requirements which apply not only to public schools but often to ...

Examining the Americans With Disabilities Act in Emergency Responses

Preparedness,
Health Equity,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Population Health and Prevention,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Pandemics,
Natural Disasters,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
California,
Nevada,
Virginia,
Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Adrianna Evans,
Disability Inclusion,
State Health Policy,
Race and Public Health,
Partnership,
Improving Disability Inclusion

On Dec. 3, the International Day of People with Disabilities commemorates disability rights and brings awareness to essential issues for those with disabilities by promoting the “well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of ...

The Light at the End of the (Long) Tunnel

Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Communication,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Blog,
Communications,
Marcus Plescia,
Series,
Chief Medical Officer Series,
Leadership Development

As public health officials lead the pandemic response, clear direction-setting in every state and territories is vital to assure our planning and implementation is fair and focused on those most at need. These are not entirely ...

Fungus Among Us: Three Fungal Diseases that Cause Pneumonia in the United States

Blog,
People of Public Health,
Environmental Health,
Infectious Disease,
Population Health and Prevention,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Partnership,
Tom Chiller,
Matthew Oglesby

CDC's Tom Chiller, MD, explains that in the United States, three main types of fungi can cause lung infections like pneumonia when people breathe in fungal spores from the air. Depending on where you live, you may be more likely to ...

BONUS: Fighting the Next COVID-19 Wave

Podcast,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Immunization,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Members,
Robert Johnson,
Joseph Kanter,
Karyl Thomas Rattay,
Nirav Shah,
Public Health Review

This bonus episode is taken from a virtual news conference on Thursday, July 29, 2021. In it, Nirav Shah (Maine), Karyl Rattay (Delaware), and Joseph Kanter (Louisiana), discuss the latest issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic—mask ...

BONUS: Making Technology Work for Rapidly Changing Public Health Needs

Podcast,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
Immunization,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Vaccine Distribution,
Robert Johnson,
Jim Ivey,
Public Health Review

On this bonus episode, Jim Ivey, chief operating officer at Chexout, discusses the importance of interoperability and makes the case that public health organizations need to invest in software that will adapt to their changing needs in ...

States Support Rural Hospitals While COVID-19 Highlights Challenges

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Telehealth,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Mississippi,
Wyoming,
North Carolina,
Missouri,
Utah,
Washington,
Oklahoma,
Florida,
Andy Baker-White

More than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and an additional 25% are at high risk of closure, and COVID-19 has magnified the existing stressors on rural healthcare. As a result, states are using a variety of measures to address ...

Health Service Utilization Patterns Among Medicaid Enrollees With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Pandemic Response and Recovery Efforts

Article,
Alexandra Kearly,
Madison Hluchan,
Caroline Brazeel,
J.T. Lane,
Janet Oputa,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Health Equity,
Disability Inclusion,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Medicaid Data and Analysis,
Research,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Data and Disability Inclusion

This article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice assesses the impact of COVID-19 on health service utilization of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through an analysis of Medicaid claims data..

Approaching Public Health Issues Among People Who Use Drugs Through a Syndemic Lens

Article,
Julia Greenspan,
Victoria Pless,
Ramya Dronamraju,
Amelia Poulin,
Infectious Disease,
Syndemic-Related Infections,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
STIs,
Syphilis

This article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice addresses the syndemic of substance misuse, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and mental health conditions. The technical package outlines evidence-based ...

Federal Government Shutdown Update: Contingency Plans Released

Legislative Alert,
Advocacy,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Funding,
News,
Public Health News,
Territorial Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Medicaid Partnerships and Policy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
STIs,
HIV,
Topic,
Sustainable Systems Change,
Health Equity,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health

Learn about federal health agencies' plans to operate during the upcoming government shutdown in this legislative alert.

Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies

Report,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Early Brain Development,
Partnership,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Special Populations,
At-Risk Populations,
Education,
COVID and Mental Health,
COVID and Telehealth,
Health Care Access,
Telehealth,
Maine,
Maryland,
Michigan,
Oklahoma,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Washington,
Youth Mental Health,
Infant and Child Health

The findings detailed in this report were gathered during a series of School Behavioral Health Advisory Committee convenings in spring 2021. The goal was identify policy gaps and strategies for delivering behavioral health services in ...

Framework for Addressing Ethical Considerations in Infectious Diseases Public Health Wastewater Surveillance

Report,
Environmental Health,
Environmental Health Informatics and Surveillance,
Infectious Disease,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
COVID-19,
Emerging Infectious Diseases,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Elizabeth Fenton,
Kata Chillag

Learn about how public health is employing ethical frameworks to support and improve wastewater surveillance and other community health monitoring measures.