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Strengthening Public Health Advocacy at ASTHO’s Spring Leadership Forum

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Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territorial Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Medicaid Partnerships and Policy,
Infectious Disease,
Emerging Infectious Diseases,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure Grant,
Public Health Workforce,
Catherine Murphy,
Catherine Jones,
Alex Wheatley,
Dulce Maria Mendoza

State and territorial health officials gathered on Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers and discuss public health priorities—learn more about Hill Day in this blog post.

Leveraging Medicaid to Support Community Health Workers

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Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Community Health Workers,
Policy,
Health Equity,
Public Health Workforce,
Medicaid Partnerships and Policy,
Madison Hluchan,
Vanessa Finisse

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ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Health Equity and Rural Health

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Telehealth,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Telehealth,
Public Health Workforce,
Beth Giambrone,
Maggie Davis

ASTHO has identified health equity and rural health as issues that policymakers across the country will consider in 2022.

Why Louisiana Doesn’t Certify Community Health Workers

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People of Public Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Community Health Workers,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Public Health Workforce,
Partnership,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Louisiana,
Shelby Rowell,
Colleen Arceneaux,
Jantz Malbrue

Colleen Arceneaux and Jantz Malbrue from the Louisiana Department of Health to discuss why forgoing community health worker certification was the right course of action for their state.

Helping Community Health Workers Excel in the Public Health Workforce

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Leadership and Workforce Development,
DELPH,
Leadership Development,
Public Health Workforce,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Community Health Workers,
Funding,
Policy,
Andrea Lee,
Kristian G. Myers,
Tasha Catron

DELPH scholars discuss the important role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the public health workforce, the need for support, recognition, and investment in their development, and the importance of sustainable funding for CHW programs ...

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

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Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
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Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
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Rural Health,
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Maggie Davis,
Keith Coleman,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Public Health Infrastructure Grant,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Indiana

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Legislative Action Bridging Public Health and Clinical Health Care

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Florida,
Maryland,
Texas,
Arkansas,
Indiana,
California,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Montana,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
New York,
Oklahoma,
West Virginia,
Kentucky,
Ashley Cram,
Brianna Gorman

Three ways policymakers are addressing access to care are through telehealth, safety net and emergency services, and adjusted reimbursement rates to Medicaid-enrolled providers.