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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 ...

Harm Reduction Policies Can Prevent Overdose Fatalities

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
Opioids,
Overdose Prevention,
Oklahoma,
Alabama,
Connecticut,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Minnesota,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
Tennessee,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Arkansas,
Delaware,
Illinois,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Missouri,
Rhode Island,
Washington,
New York,
California,
Vermont,
JoAnne McClure

Adopting a public health approach to substance use by implementing harm reduction policies across all levels of government can help communities address the overdose crisis. This post analyzes e

Jurisdictions Moving Many ASTHO Essential Tobacco Control Policies Forward

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
Tobacco Control,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Elimination of Disparities,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Mississippi,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Oregon,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
Tennessee,
Virgin Islands,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Joshua Berry,
Ann Abraham,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Evidence or Fact-Based Measures

Over the past several years, states and jurisdictions have continued to implement important policies to reduce tobacco and nicotine use, including increasing tobacco prices, expanding areas deemed ...

School-Based Strategies are Crucial to Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Mental Health

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
ACEs,
Youth Mental Health,
Alabama,
Arizona,
California,
Delaware,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Lexa Giragosian

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly negative impact on the mental health of adolescent girls. Fortunately, state legislators have been addressing school-based mental health through ...

Strategic Policies Protect Breastfeeding in Workplaces and Schools

Health Policy Update,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Health Equity,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
California,
Connecticut,
Guam,
Illinois,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Oklahoma,
Utah,
Deborah Backman,
Infant and Child Health

Families who wish to breastfeed in the United States often face barriers in workplace and school settings. To address these disparities, federal, state, and territorial governments are adopting ...