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Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies

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This infographic highlights 10 high-level strategies to advance work in school behavioral health. ... Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies This infographic highlights 10 high-level strategies to advance work in ...

Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies

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The findings detailed in this report were gathered during a series of School Behavioral Health Advisory Committee convenings in spring 2021. The goal was identify policy gaps and strategies for delivering behavioral health services in ...

What Gets Measured Gets Done: Using Data to Improve Child Health and Well-Being

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The adage “what gets measured, gets done” has had staying power for a reason. When we can accurately describe conditions, quantify impact, and elucidate connections, we have a better chance at taking collective (and effective) action to ...

Promoting Mental Well-Being in a Post-Pandemic World

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Although suicide was a critical public health issue in the U.S. long before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Americans are now reporting increased mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors. In addition, millions ...

7 Things to Know About Recent Federal Actions and Opportunities to Improve Maternal Health

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While the Biden Administration and Congress have no shortage of immediate health issues to focus on, improving maternal health outcomes—particularly Black maternal morbidity and mortality—have become a priority for federal lawmakers. To ...

What December Means for a Beloved Nutrition Program

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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children is a targeted public health nutrition program designed to support nutrition and health behaviors that reach low-income families. The program is funded through ...

A World AIDS Day Unlike Any Other: Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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With the COVID-19 pandemic in full force, health agencies are ensuring that their focus does not drift from the fight to end the HIV epidemic. Resiliency is key to continue to make progress in this decades-long fight. ... more than 35% ...

ASTHO Reports from Palau Equity Summit

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In February 2023, ASTHO staff traveled to Koror, Palau for a four-day health equity summit and held workshops to identify, select, and prioritize measures for Palau’s health equity work. ... community that is too seldom heard. Here, I ...