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Expanding Pharmacist-Prescribed HIV PrEP

Brief,
HIV,
Healthcare Access,
Infectious Disease,
Race and Public Health,
LGBTQ+,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Illinois,
Maryland,
Maine,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
Nevada,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Utah,
Virginia,
Rachel Scheckman

PrEP is a powerful tool to reduce new HIV infections; expanding access to PrEP is a priority within the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative. One way to increase access to PrEP is ...

Ending the HIV Epidemic: 40 Years of Progress

Infectious Disease,
HIV,
Healthcare Access,
Arizona,
California,
Washington, D.C.,
New Jersey,
Anna Bartels,
Tequam Worku,
Illinois,
Virginia,
Nevada,
Pennsylvania,
Minnesota,
Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
At-Risk Populations,
Federal Government Affairs,
Data Modernization and Informatics

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 ...

Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
Tribal Health,
Emergency Powers,
State Health Policy,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Alabama,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Washington, D.C.,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Marshall Islands,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Palau,
Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virgin Islands,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
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 ...

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 ...

HiAP Strategy Works in States, Locally to Meet Equity Challenges in COVID-19 Response

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Maryland,
Pennsylvania,
California,
Virginia,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID Vaccine,
Race and Public Health,
Blog,
Adney Rakotoniaina,
Ali Aslam,
Alix Ware,
Bridget Kerner,
Kerry Wyss,
Health in All Policies,
Partnership

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, ...

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 ...

Environmental Health Innovations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brief,
Food and Water Safety,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Rural Health,
Alaska,
Hawaii,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
South Carolina,
Virginia,
Public Health Transformation

In 2021, ASTHO convened state environmental health directors and directors of public health preparedness to discuss innovations developed during the COVID-19 pandemic such as virtual inspections. ...

Framing Health in All Policies: Terms That Resonate

Report,
Social Determinants of Health,
Race and Public Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
California,
Delaware,
Idaho,
Kansas,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Nevada,
New York,
North Carolina,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Health in All Policies

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...