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2022 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
HIV,
Tobacco Control,
Mental Health,
PFAS,
Rural Health,
Infectious Disease,
West Virginia,
Wyoming,
New Jersey,
California,
Washington, D.C.,
New York,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Rhode Island,
Minnesota,
Maryland,
Parker Beene,
Maggie Davis,
Beth Giambrone

The ASTHO State Health Policy team provides brief updates on 5 of the ten state health policy issues to watch in 2022: mental and behavioral health, rural health, e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco ...

States Serving Up Healthy Eating Policies

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Social Determinants of Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
Rhode Island,
Elizabeth Imphong,
Nutrition and Fitness

States have identified different strategies to implement healthy eating approaches and reduce obesity at the school and community levels, as well as through food labeling at grocery stores and food ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Maintaining Public Health’s Legal Authority to Prevent Disease Spread

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Public Health Law,
Emergency Powers,
Arkansas,
Georgia,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New York,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Andy Baker-White,
Leadership Development

States and territories have broad powers to protect public health and safety, including powers to prevent and control the spread of communicable disease typically exercised by state and territorial ...

State Policy Can Reduce Systemic Racism in Public Health

Health Policy Update,
Race and Public Health,
State Health Policy,
California,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Washington,
Wisconsin,
Illinois,
Operationalizing Equity

In 2020 and early 2021, state policymakers took action to raise awareness of the impacts of racism on health outcomes, to reverse the damage of racist polices, and to implement policy changes to ...

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 ...

Jurisdictions Seek to Modernize Vital Records Systems

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
LGBTQ+,
Alaska,
California,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Montana,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Parker Beene

State issued documents, such as birth certificates, are often required to navigate daily life. Vital records policy is a complex and evolving issue with many of the processes and procedures left to ...