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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 ...

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.

States Explore the Relationship Between Partner Violence and Substance Use Disorders

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Mental Health,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Overdose Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Preparedness,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
New Jersey,
Ramya Dronamraju

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a critical moment to address intimate partner violence as a major public health threat. Intimate partner violence associated with substance use disorders and mental health challenges, and ...

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.

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, ...

Education and Public Health: Supporting Youth Through COVID-19 and Beyond

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Special Populations,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Education,
Michigan,
Ohio,
Virginia,
Ioana Ungureanu,
Jes Lyons,
Victoria Pless,
Health Care Access,
Washington,
Oregon,
Colorado

Toxic stress contributes to a variety of negative outcomes for children. And unfortunately, COVID-19 has increased the likelihood of children experiencing childhood trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and toxic stress. States and ...

How State and Territorial Health Departments Can Navigate Recent Executive Actions

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Health Policy Update,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Funding,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Tribal Health,
Partnership,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Supply Chain,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Carolyn McCoy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce

One of tools presidents have to implement and drive their strategy are executive actions. Executive orders and presidential memoranda carry the force of law and allow presidents to move quickly, deliver a clear message, organize the ...