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Health Officials and Attorneys General Convene to Discuss Legal and Public Health Solutions to Opioid Epidemic

News Release,
News,
Public Health News,
Partnership,
Policy,
Public Health Law,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Members,
Jay Butler,
Michael Botticelli,
Vivek Murthy

Health Officials and Attorneys General Convene to Discuss Legal and Public Health Solutions to Opioid Epidemic ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Attorneys General Training and ...

Avoiding the Cliff: Financing Medicaid in the Territories

Podcast,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Members,
Health Equity,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Funding,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territorial Health Policy,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Robert Johnson,
Jorge Galva,
Justa Encarnacion,
Karl Ensign,
Public Health Review

Medicaid plays a critical role in providing access to health services for low-income U.S. citizens in the five U.S. territories. However, Medicaid financing in the territories has been underfunded compared to states. In this episode, ...

Public Health and the Courtroom: How Health Officials Become Involved With Lawsuits

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Public Health Law,
State Health Policy,
Mississippi,
Ohio,
Utah,
Members,
Andy Baker-White,
Maggie Davis,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Thomas Dobbs

As leaders of their state agency, state and territorial health officials can be named parties in lawsuits alleging that an action taken by a public health agency was unlawful. These officials are typically sued in their “official ...

Michigan Court Decision on Health Official's Case is Bad for Public Health

News Release,
News,
Public Health News,
Members,
Population Health and Prevention,
Communications,
Policy,
Public Health Law,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Michael Fraser,
Nick Lyon,
Michigan,
Leadership Development

Michigan Court Decision on Health Official's Case is Bad for Public Health ARLINGTON, VA—Michael Fraser, CEO of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), issued the following statement today in response to a ...

Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change

Report,
Success Story,
Members,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Funding,
Preparedness,
Maggie Davis,
Keith Coleman,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Public Health Infrastructure Grant,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Indiana

Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change public health infrastructure, community driven policy, indiana state health commissioner, public health system, indiana department of health, ...

Community Health Workers: System Catalysts in Addressing Hypertension

Podcast,
Members,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Community Health Workers,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Heart Disease,
Healthy Aging,
Stroke,
Virginia,
Robert Johnson,
Keandra Holloway,
M. Norman Oliver,
Patrick Wiggins,
Policy,
Public Health Law

In recognition of American Heart Month, this episode focuses on the important role that community health workers (CHWs) play in Virginia’s statewide approach to addressing health disparities and heart disease, in particular.