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Top Nine Public Health Highlights of 2019

Blog,
People of Public Health,
Advocacy,
Washington Week,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
STIs,
HIV,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Tobacco Control,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Members,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territorial Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Infectious Disease,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Funding,
Michael Fraser,
Nathaniel Smith,
John Wiesman,
Ngozi Ezike,
Joneigh Khaldun,
Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson,
Lee Norman,
Monica Bharel,
Renee Coleman Mitchell,
Esther L. Muña,
Linda Denourcey,
Karyl Thomas Rattay

ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser looks back on nine of the top public health highlights in 2019.

Factoring Housing Into Federal and State Policies to Improve Community Health

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Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Funding,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
State Health Policy,
Anna Bartels,
Health Care Access

Housing and overall neighborhood conditions significantly influence a community’s health. Housing quality, stability, and affordability also directly impact an individual’s opportunity and ability to be healthy. There are several policies ...

Public Health Infrastructure Proposals Gain Steam in Congress

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Health Policy Update,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Funding,
COVID Recovery,
COVID and Workforce,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Funding,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Quality Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Strategic Planning,
Accreditation,
Emma Lange,
Preparedness

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the consequences of decades of underfunding. To ensure we are better prepared for future pandemics and biological threats, we must consider the long-term investments required to bolster our public ...

Summary of FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

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Public Health News,
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Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Environmental Health,
Infectious Disease,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Leadership Development,
Preparedness,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Advocacy

Congress released FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.

Sustaining DMI: A State Health Official’s Guide to Enhanced Funding

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Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Data Modernization,
Funding,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Medicaid Sustainable Financing of DMI

Sustaining DMI: A State Health Official’s Guide to Enhanced Funding Sustainable financing strategies for state health officials to support data modernization and Medicaid. What is the relationship between a state’s Medicaid program and its ...

Harnessing the Power of Rural: Expanding Access to Telehealth

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Rural Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
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Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
At-Risk Populations,
Colorado,
Mississippi,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Telehealth,
Neehar Mahidadia,
Primary Care and Public Health

As we celebrate National Rural Health Day this year, we are reminded of how important telehealth can be for public health and healthcare. Telehealth can minimize challenges faced by rural patients and communities—such as transportation, ...

The Seven Biggest Public Health Policy Issues on the Hill in 2020

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Funding,
Health Care Access,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
Data Modernization

As a truly historic year comes to an end, many public health policy issues received a considerable amount of attention in 2020. Subjects such as the pandemic that will live on in infamy, racial health disparities, and the future of the ...

How States Can Leverage JUUL Settlement Funds to Promote Public Health

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Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Funding,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico,
Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
Amy Ciarlo,
Matta Sannoh

To address the youth tobacco epidemic, jurisdictions filed lawsuits against JUUL to end their marketing practices aimed at youth and to obtain compensation from the financial toll experienced by communities.

Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process

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Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Data Modernization,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Funding,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Medicaid Sustainable Financing of DMI,
Alabama,
Arizona,
Florida,
Hawaii,
Wyoming

Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process How state Medicaid agencies can request enhanced federal funding for Medicaid Enterprise Systems and related activities. Why is the Advanced Planning Document process important? ...

How State and Territorial Health Departments Can Navigate Recent Executive Actions

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Health Policy Update,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
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Territorial Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
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Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Tribal Health,
Partnership,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Supply Chain,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Carolyn McCoy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce

One of tools presidents have to implement and drive their strategy are executive actions. Executive orders and presidential memoranda carry the force of law and allow presidents to move quickly, deliver a clear message, organize the ...

Midterm Elections: Predictions on Congressional Priorities for Upcoming Session

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Health Policy Update,
People of Public Health,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Public Health Law,
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Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID Vaccine,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma

Midterm Elections: Predictions on Congressional Priorities for Upcoming Session astho, association of state and territorial health officials, public health, opioid crisis, congressional priorities, sequestration cuts, healthy future task ...