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Inclusive Contracting: Successes to Advance Breastfeeding Equity

Race and Public Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Funding,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Blog,
Aika Aluc,
Evangeline Crawford,
Ify Mordi,
Melissa L. Lewis,
Grants and Contracts Management,
At-Risk Populations,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Elimination of Disparities,
Infant and Child Health,
Public Health Workforce

Though now an illegal practice, government contracts, policies, and practices have generally excluded women, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Still, practices and existing structures ...

States Support Postpartum Health with Medicaid Expansions

Health Policy Update,
Federal Government Affairs,
Public Health Law,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Elimination of Disparities,
Race and Public Health,
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Colorado,
Iowa,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
Oklahoma,
Rhode Island,
Texas,
Utah,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Sowmya Kuruganti

States Support Postpartum Health with Medicaid Expansions astho, association of state and territorial health officials, 2023 state legislative session, medicaid expansions, postpartum health, the ...

Infant Mental Health Policies Critical for Long-Term Well-Being

Health Policy Update,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Infant and Child Health,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Youth Mental Health,
Alaska,
Hawaii,
Maryland,
Rhode Island,
Maria Gabriela Ruiz

Federal and state legislation can play a role in promoting positive infant mental health by providing funding and policies that support early intervention, caregiver assistance, and the creation of ...

States Consider Role of COVID-19 Vaccination for School Enrollment

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
State Health Policy,
Education,
Health Equity,
Pandemics,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Andy Baker-White,
Lauren Ewing,
Maggie Davis,
Public Health Law,
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Iowa,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
New York,
Ohio,
Tennessee,
Utah,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Infant and Child Health

This week might have marked the beginning of summer, but many policymakers and health officials have their eye on the upcoming school year and what that might mean in terms of getting students ...

Integrating Breastfeeding Into Early Childhood Nutrition Security Programs

Blog,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Infant and Child Health,
Nutrition and Fitness,
Race and Public Health,
Alaska,
Minnesota,
Deborah Backman

Breastfeeding is a key protective factor against infant and toddler nutrition insecurity and is the ideal source of nutrition for most infants, since it adapts to each child’s unique nutritional ...