Game Changer: Pennsylvania’s Response to the Opioid Crisis
In this episode, we explore Pennsylvania’s multi-pronged approach to addressing the opioid epidemic in the state and efforts to expand access to Medication Assisted Treatment.
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How to Support Youth Post COVID-19 With More Flexible Policies
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How to Support Youth Post COVID-19 With More Flexible Policies Caitlin Langhorne Griffith, Victoria Pless, Martha Yeide Over the past few months, COVID-19 has highlighted how current policies and ...
Ending the HIV Epidemic: 40 Years of Progress
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This June marked the 40-year anniversary of the first five cases of what later became known as AIDS reported in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Since then, more than 32 million people ...
State Strategies for Advancing Viral Hepatitis Elimination
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State Strategies for Advancing Viral Hepatitis Elimination astho, association of state and territorial health officials, public health officials, state health officials, territorial health officials, ...
Xylazine: What Health Agencies Need to Know
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Xylazine: What Health Agencies Need to Know astho, association of state and territorial health officials, xylazine trend, xylazine, overdose epidemic, overdose deaths, harm reduction, drug overdose ...
Recent Federal Actions Spur Changes to Children's Blood Lead Level Screenings and Response
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The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy ...
The Role of Peer Support in Federally Qualified Health Centers
This brief discusses what peer support is, how it is financed, and how incorporating peer support services into federally qualified health centers can be an especially successful strategy for ...
States Work Across Agencies to Inform Opioid Prescribing Practices
This brief describes how Pennsylvania and Virginia advanced regulatory measures to address substance use disorder prevention and treatment with a focus on opioid prescribing practices and provider ...
Modernizing State HIV Laws: Legislation to Prevent and Decriminalize HIV
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Though we’ve made progress on the number of HIV cases in the U.S, tens of thousands of Americans are diagnosed with HIV each year—a disproportionate number being people of color. In 2019, the federal ...
Cross-Agency Approaches to Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Treatment: National Recommendations
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This report highlights recommendations for structuring and advancing cross-agency approaches to substance use disorder prevention and treatment.
How States Are Housing the Homeless During a Pandemic
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Policymakers seek to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by focusing on non-congregate sheltering and alternative housing for unhoused populations.