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Harm Reduction Policies Can Prevent Overdose Fatalities

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Overdose Prevention,
Oklahoma,
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Vermont,
JoAnne Deehr

Adopting a public health approach to substance use by implementing harm reduction policies across all levels of government can help communities address the overdose crisis. This post analyzes e

Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

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Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
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Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...

Increasing Access to Doulas will Ease the Maternal Health Crisis

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Arizona,
Population Health and Prevention,
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Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
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Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
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Alexandra Kearly,
Ramya Dronamraju

State and federal actions to expand the doula workforce and improve maternal health.

Isolation, Quarantine, and Public Health Authority Beyond the Pandemic

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Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
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Alabama,
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North Carolina,
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Washington,
Wyoming,
Maggie Davis,
Shalini Nair

Under the Tenth Amendment, states have the power to protect the health and welfare of their populations, including the authority to implement isolation and quarantine orders to limit the spread of disease. This post is an examination of ...

Addressing Privacy Concerns of Using Mental Health Care via Telehealth

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State Health Policy,
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Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Alabama,
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Virginia,
Evan Han,
Maggie Davis

In an effort to help meet demand, some states and territories have joined interjurisdictional licensing compacts that allow a mental health care provider licensed in one state to provide care in another state—without needing to gain ...

State Policies Promote the Importance of Defibrillators and CPR

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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 ...

2023 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Public Health Law,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Contraception Access,
Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,
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Vermont,
Washington,
Maggie Davis,
Andy Baker-White,
Lillian Colasurdo,
Lana McKinney

A mid-session legislative update on five of ASTHO's top 10 public health state policy issues to watch in 2023: data privacy and modernization, reproductive health, health equity, strengthening public health agencies, and immunization.

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

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
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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 ...