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Preventing Firearm Injury and Death with Safe and Secure Storage Policies

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Maryland,
Michigan,
Vermont,
Nevada,
North Carolina,
Texas,
California,
Montana,
Ohio,
Wisconsin,
Colorado,
New Jersey,
Washington,
Caitlin Langhorne Griffith,
Christina Severin,
Firearm Injury and Violence Prevention

State efforts to reduce firearm injury and death with safe storage policies.

Handle with Care: State Newborn Screening Policies

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infant and Child Health,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Public Health Law,
Arkansas,
California,
Connecticut,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Montana,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New York,
Pennsylvania,
Texas,
Utah,
Wisconsin,
Christina Severin,
Lauren Jones

In the U.S., jurisdictions vary in their newborn screening practices and requirements related to the scope of testing, approach to parental consent, options for blood sample destruction, sample retention periods, and permissible uses of ...

States Can Lead on Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
California,
Connecticut,
Hawaii,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
New Mexico,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Vermont,
Indiana,
New Jersey,
Texas,
Washington,
Shelbi Davis

Earth Day is a natural time to examine current and future climate change policies that impact human health, including clean air, safe drinking water, access to food, and secure shelter.

Climate Change and Environmental Justice: A Snapshot of Jurisdiction Activities

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Alabama,
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Massachusetts,
Maryland,
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Montana,
Mississippi,
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Wisconsin,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
Race and Public Health

This report is on the overlap of climate change and environmental justice.

As Families Seek More Work / Life Balance, States Consider Leave Policies

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
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Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Hawaii,
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Minnesota,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Washington,
Beth Giambrone,
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Work/Life Balance,
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Senior Leadership,
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An ASTHO blog article on leave policies to support better work/life balance.

Do Cottage Foods Really Come from a Cottage?

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Alabama,
Arkansas,
California,
Connecticut,
Florida,
Iowa,
Illinois,
Maryland,
Missouri,
Mississippi,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Utah,
West Virginia,
Wyoming,
Beth Giambrone

Do Cottage Foods Really Come from a Cottage? Beth Giambrone Even if you're not familiar with the term "cottage foods," chances are you have purchased them—think getting a loaf of bread from your weekend farmers market or ...

Youth Suicides and the Mental Health Crisis: What Congress Is Doing

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Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
California,
Connecticut,
Idaho,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
New York,
Oregon,
South Dakota,
Utah,
Devon Page,
People of Public Health

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States and widely recognized as a crisis, specifically among our youth, a population in which incidences have been rapidly increasing. Fortunately, suicide prevention and mental health ...

State Policy Can Reduce Systemic Racism in Public Health

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Health Policy Update,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
California,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
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Missouri,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Washington,
Wisconsin,
Illinois,
Operationalizing Equity

In 2020 and early 2021, state policymakers took action to raise awareness of the impacts of racism on health outcomes, to reverse the damage of racist polices, and to implement policy changes to ensure that future policies are enacted with ...

Member Spotlight: Tomás J. Aragón

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People of Public Health,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Communication,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID Vaccine,
Social Determinants of Health,
Race and Public Health,
At-Risk Populations,
California,
Members,
Andrew Tucker,
Tomás Aragón,
ASTHO Member Spotlight

Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH serves as the director of the California Department of Public Health and the State Public Health Officer. Aragón discusses how COVID has impacted the Latino community.

The Importance of Addressing Breastfeeding Policies in Health Equity Work

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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.

The New Frontier of Digital Proximity Tracing

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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, ...

Health Officials Respond to Alarming Increases in Congenital Syphilis

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John Hellerstedt,
Karen Smith,
Michael Fraser,
California

Health Officials Respond to Alarming Increases in Congenital Syphilis ARLINGTON, VA—Newborn syphilis cases have more than doubled in the last 4 years, and last year, the United States saw the most cases of congenital syphilis since 1997, ...