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Public Health Highlights of President’s FY22 Budget Proposal

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Health Policy Update,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Funding,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Funding,

Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Environmental Health,

Climate and Health,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Substance Misuse,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Preparedness,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Injury and Violence Prevention,

Pandemics,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Public Health Workforce

In May 2021, President Biden released full details of the fiscal year 2022 budget. Overall, the budget request combines President Biden's American Jobs Plan, his American Families Plan, and funding priorities for the Pentagon and ...

The Need for Modernizing Public Health Data in Responding to COVID-19

Blog,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Quality Improvement,

Accreditation,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Population Health and Prevention

Public health data collection and surveillance systems by health departments are in dire need of modernization. Though the public health community began developing a path to modernization over the last decade, attention to this issue from ...

Proposed Vaccination Laws to Watch in the New Year

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Health Policy Update,

Infectious Disease,

Immunization,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

COVID-19,

COVID and Special Populations,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Health Equity,

Race and Public Health,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

STIs,

HIV,

Tobacco Control,

Environmental Health,

Food and Water Safety,

PFAS,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Mental Health,

Preparedness,

Emergency Powers,

Rural Health,

Alabama,

California,

Colorado,

Florida,

Hawaii,

Indiana,

Louisiana,

Maine,

Mississippi,

Missouri,

New Hampshire,

New York,

West Virginia,

Andy Baker-White,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Education

Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century, as well as some of the most powerful and cost-effective tools to prevent disease, disparities, disability, and death among children and adults. The COVID-19 ...

Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change

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Success Story,

Members,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Public Health Workforce,

Population Health and Prevention,

Health Care Access,

Health Equity,

Rural Health,

Funding,

Preparedness,

Maggie Davis,

Keith Coleman,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Public Health Infrastructure Grant,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Indiana

Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change public health infrastructure, community driven policy, indiana state health commissioner, public health system, indiana department of health, ...

Summary of FY25 Senate Appropriations Bill

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Federal Government Affairs,

Population Health and Prevention,

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Injury and Violence Prevention,

STIs,

HIV,

Substance Misuse,

Preparedness,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Data Modernization and Informatics

The Senate released its version of the FY25 LHHS appropriation bill on August 1, 2024, with significant changes in proposed public health funding than the House's proposed bill.

Jurisdictions Using Policy to Address Unique Island Area Health Challenges

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Health Policy Update,

Environmental Health,

Climate and Health,

Food and Water Safety,

Health Equity,

Elimination of Disparities,

Social Determinants of Health,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

Policy,

Territorial Health Policy,

Preparedness,

Natural Disasters,

Federal Government Affairs,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

American Samoa,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Guam,

Marshall Islands,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Puerto Rico,

Virgin Islands,

Beth Giambrone,

Parker Beene

ASTHO has several members from the territories and Freely Associated States—jurisdictions with unique challenges, and do not fall under the category of a state or federal district. This post is a brief look at some of the public health ...

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

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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 ...