The Value of Health in All Policies
This report identifies and breaks down seven core value areas that emerge from taking a health in all policies approach to policymaking and programming.
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Braiding and Layering Funding to Address Supportive Housing
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the intersections of social determinants of health, such as transportation, education, and housing, and their impact on the health of individuals and communities. As the moratorium on evictions ends in ...
Incorporating Health in All Policies: Tips for Grantmakers
This ASTHOBrief offers a menu of strategies and considerations for organizations interested in incorporating a Health in All Policies and equity-centered approach to the development and implementation of requests for proposals and notice ...
Health Equity Approaches to Preventing Heart Disease and Strokes
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This episode emphasizes the importance of addressing heart disease and stroke prevention through approaches that center on health equity, including systems-level changes, quality improvement, and community development. CDC’s Division for ...
Framing Health in All Policies: Terms That Resonate
Health in All Policies can be a successful strategy to expand collaboration between state and territorial agencies and other partners, but the terminology used in programs focused on these efforts can differ. While equity is often a ...
How States Are Housing the Homeless During a Pandemic
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Ohio,
Policymakers seek to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by focusing on non-congregate sheltering and alternative housing for unhoused populations.
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Challenges Members to Promote Health Equity and Health in All Policies
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The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Challenges Members to Promote Health Equity and Health in All Policies ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and ASTHO President and ...
Using Health in All Policies to Advance State Strategic Priorities: A Set of Key Approaches Commonly Used by State Health Agencies to Address Health Inequities
This report, based on findings from ASTHO’s 2022 Environmental Scan, dives into how Health in All Policies strategies can promote health equity.
Building a More Equitable Economy Post-Pandemic
Utah,
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Economic security and well-being, job stability, access to safe and affordable housing, access to healthy and nutritious foods, and access to resources to manage mental and physical health—all of these things impact individual, family, and ...
Implementing a Health in All Polices Approach to Lead Poisoning Prevention
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There is no one-size-fits-all approach to using a Health in All Policies (HiAP) strategy to address lead poisoning prevention. ASTHO held key informant interviews with staff from four state health agencies to learn more about their state ...
Leveraging Healthy People 2030 to Build Non-Traditional Multisector Partnerships
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Leveraging Healthy People 2030 to Build Non-Traditional Multisector Partnerships multisector partnerships, healthy people 2030, health equity, health outcomes, social services, health disparities, preventable disease, premature death, ...
Commonalities of State-Level HiAP Groups
Commonalities of State-Level HiAP Groups State-Level HiAP Initiatives, Cross-Sector Health Equity Programs, Health in All Policies Strategy, Integrating Health in State Policies, Collaborative Health Policy Development, social determinants ...
HiAP Strategy Works in States, Locally to Meet Equity Challenges in COVID-19 Response
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While governments have faced challenges in adopting a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to respond to COVID-19, the impact of the public health emergency across sectors such as housing, transportation, and employment has created a ...
The Intersection of Health and Housing: CMS’s Potential Medicaid Investments
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Emerging evidence indicates that affordable, safe, and stable housing directly impacts an individual’s health and well-being, emphasizing the importance of designing Medicaid benefits packages that incorporate the social determinants of ...
Evidence-Based Approaches to Promoting Health Equity in Retail Food Safety
Evidence-Based Approaches to Promoting Health Equity in Retail Food Safety ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, health equity, food safety, health in all policies, foodborne illness, public health, food code, food ...
Addressing Equity Challenges Using a Health in All Policies Approach
This brief highlights how both states are using the Health in All Policies framework to address systemic racism and social inequity between populations of different racial and ethnic groups.
States’ Food, Housing, and Transportation Initiatives Aim to Reduce Health Disparities
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Considerable evidence supports the connection between housing, food security, transportation and health outcomes, so states are implementing policies to build healthy environments that ensure equitable opportunity for wellness.
Comprehensive Addiction Treatment in Rhode Island's Correctional Facilities Yields Dramatic Drop in Overdose Deaths
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Interview with Gina M. Raimondo, former governor of Rhode Island, to learn more about a Rhode Island Department of Corrections initiative that helps prevent and treat addiction among incarcerated individuals and other statewide efforts to ...
One Health: The Shared Future of People, Animals, and the Planet
In this episode, our guests tell us how they put One Health into practice in a state health department, how health departments can connect across agencies to address One Health issues, and what falls under the One Health umbrella.
Supporting Resilience in Rural Areas Through Cross-Sector Partnerships
Supporting Resilience in Rural Areas Through Cross-Sector Partnerships ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, rural health, public health, public health partnerships, health in all policies, government agencies, ...