This brief analyzes the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to participation in the Suicide and Opioid Overdose Prevention ...
This video post highlights the Colorado National Collaborative, an innovative collaborative framework that is improving suicide and overdose prevention efforts in Colorado, and how a similar approach ...
State efforts to reduce firearm injury and death with safe storage policies.
Interest is using psilocybins to treat some disorders has reemerged. Some states are taking steps to put that interest into practice.
During the 2023 legislative session, a number of states enacted policies that advance ACEs prevention measures and support families in ensuring safe places for their children to live, grow, and play.
How the Emergence of Xylazine Impacts Overdose Prevention Policy overdose prevention policy, overdose crisis, fatal overdoses, emergence of xylazine, illicit drug supply, toxicological testing, ...
This episode explores the rise of suicide rates across the United States and the need for a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention. This discussion features a federal overview of ...
This brief highlights efforts in Colorado and Minnesota to reduce e-cigarette use in youth and young adults.
Continuing ASTHO’s Legislative Prospectus series—which highlights the top 10 public health policy issues for 2022—this post focuses on mental and behavioral health, as well as supporting the public ...
This brief outlines key considerations for state health departments to address the increase in overdose-related deaths during the postpartum period.
Toxic stress contributes to a variety of negative outcomes for children. And unfortunately, COVID-19 has increased the likelihood of children experiencing childhood trauma, adverse childhood ...
ASTHO staff identified a range of evidence-supported policies considered by state legislatures that could prevent ACEs. This report synthesizes these research and policy proposals and is intended for ...