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COVID-19 and Beyond: Improving Youth Mental Health Outcomes and Disparities

COVID and Mental Health,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Health Policy Update,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Social Determinants of Health,
At-Risk Populations,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Pandemics,
Ioana Ungureanu,
Communications,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
LGBTQ+,
Race and Public Health,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Arkansas,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Indiana,
Nevada,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Utah,
Washington,
State Health Policy

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted both the physical and mental health well-being of youth. Disruptions in both their home and school life have put youth at risk for poor mental health outcomes that ...

Stronger Together: Six Strategies to Enhance Your State’s Suicide Prevention Infrastructure

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Mental Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Social Determinants of Health,
At-Risk Populations,
State Health Policy,
Indiana,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Nevada,
Ohio,
Utah,
Partnership,
Julia Wunder,
Julie Ebin,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the importance of continued mental health promotion and suicide prevention efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we address the physical effects of ...

States Seek to Protect the Workers Who Feed America

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Rural Health,
California,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Leah Silva

Responsible for planting, growing, harvesting, processing, and preparing the food we eat, agricultural workers are essential workers during the COVID-19 response to keep the U.S. food supply chain ...

Harnessing the Power of Rural: Expanding Access to Telehealth

Health Policy Update,
Rural Health,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Funding,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Pandemics,
At-Risk Populations,
Colorado,
Mississippi,
Telehealth,
Neehar Mahidadia,
Primary Care and Public Health

As we celebrate National Rural Health Day this year, we are reminded of how important telehealth can be for public health and healthcare. Telehealth can minimize challenges faced by rural patients ...

Examining the Americans With Disabilities Act in Emergency Responses

Federal Government Affairs,
Population Health and Prevention,
COVID-19,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Pandemics,
Natural Disasters,
Climate and Health,
California,
Nevada,
Virginia,
Health Policy Update,
Adrianna Evans,
Disability Inclusion,
State Health Policy,
Race and Public Health,
Partnership

On Dec. 3, the International Day of People with Disabilities commemorates disability rights and brings awareness to essential issues for those with disabilities by promoting the “well-being of ...

The Youth Mental Health Crisis: States Invest in Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention Strategies

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Mental Health,
ACEs,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
State Health Policy,
Oregon,
Texas,
Rhode Island,
Oklahoma,
Illinois,
Washington,
Maggie Davis,
Robin Matthies,
Disability Inclusion,
Evidence or Fact-Based Measures,
Data Modernization,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
LGBTQ+,
Social Determinants of Health,
At-Risk Populations

Following disruptions to daily life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency departments saw an increase of mental health-related visits. A June 2021 study showed a significant increase of mental ...

How States Are Housing the Homeless During a Pandemic

Health Policy Update,
At-Risk Populations,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Special Populations,
State Health Policy,
COVID and Funding,
Health in All Policies,
Social Determinants of Health,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
California,
Connecticut,
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Vermont,
Washington, D.C.

Policymakers seek to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by focusing on non-congregate sheltering and alternative housing for unhoused populations.

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Health Equity and Rural Health

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
Rural Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Telehealth,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Telehealth,
Public Health Workforce,
Beth Giambrone,
Maggie Davis

ASTHO has identified health equity and rural health as issues that policymakers across the country will consider in 2022.

2022 Legislative Session Update: Part One

Health Policy Update,
Social Determinants of Health,
Immunization,
State Health Policy,
Leadership Development,
Public Health Workforce,
Indiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Nebraska,
New York,
Utah,
Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Andy Baker-White,
Lana McKinney,
Maggie Davis

The ASTHO State Health Policy team provides brief updates on 5 of the ten state health policy issues to watch in 2022: public health authority, immunization, data privacy and modernization, public ...

States Address Pandemic-Linked Learning Loss Among Students With Disabilities

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
State Health Policy,
Maryland,
Virginia,
New Jersey,
Adrianna Evans,
Ioana Ungureanu,
Maggie Davis,
Disability Inclusion,
Education

One of the major disruptions to daily life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was the rapid shift from in-person K-12 education to virtual learning. While necessary for social distancing and slowing the ...

Modernizing State HIV Laws: Legislation to Prevent and Decriminalize HIV

Health Policy Update,
Social Determinants of Health,
HIV,
At-Risk Populations,
Infectious Disease,
State Health Policy,
Arizona,
Washington, D.C.,
Florida,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
North Dakota,
Pennsylvania,
Virginia,
Maggie Davis

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 ...