The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the intersections of social determinants of health, such as transportation, education, and housing, and their impact on the health of individuals and communities. As the moratorium on evictions ends in ...
ASTHO Awards Public Health Leaders for Outstanding Service ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) honored public health leaders with several awards this week at its 2017 Annual Meeting in ...
Advanced Grant Payments: Creating a More Equitable Public Health System Advanced Grant Payments Promote Equity in Public Health Jignasa Jani, Ryan Rivera Learn how advanced grant payments can ensure smaller community-based organizations ...
On June 26, 2024, the House Labor Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS) appropriations subcommittee released its version of the FY25 LHHS appropriations bill. ... subject to change as both chambers of Congress are expected to ...
As 2019 comes to a close, it is important to reflect back on the numerous public health accomplishments and acknowledge the ongoing challenges we can expect to face in 2020. ... to reopen the federal government—which happened in ...
ASTHO’s 2024 Legislative Session Update: Part One legislative session, state policy, data collection, domestic violence, health information exchange, data privacy, substance misuse, overdose prevention, sexually transmitted infections, ...
Over the years evidence has expanded on community health workers (CHWs) improving outcomes and even reducing disparities in heart disease and many other public health priority areas. However, their presence in state and local public health ...
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century, as well as some of the most powerful and cost-effective tools to prevent disease, disparities, disability, and death among children and adults. The COVID-19 ...
This brief on the importance of the FDA food code shares 2022 updates to the code, why adoption and compliance is so important, and important resources for food code adoption. ... The Importance of the FDA Food Code
This brief on the ...
Palau's health ministry collaborated with its community to design indicators to better measure health equity in their jurisdiction. ... Lessons Learned from Palau's Journey to Develop Health Equity Indicators
Palau's health ...
The White House released President Biden's FY25 budget proposal, outlining the administration's funding priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. ... Health Policy. Specifically: $145 million, or level funding, for the Rural ...
the need for sustainable and predictable resources for governmental public health activities at federal, state, territorial, and local agencies. For additional information, please review the following documents: HHS Budget in Brief Centers ...
This summary of our annual environmental scan identifies public health concerns and trends and health agencies’ top current and emerging priorities. ... a focus issue in 38% of plans. Maternal and infant mortality is a focus issue in 36% ...