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Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Preparedness,
Emergency Powers,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Alabama,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Washington, D.C.,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Marshall Islands,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Palau,
Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virgin Islands,
Virginia,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...

Jurisdictions Moving Many ASTHO Essential Tobacco Control Policies Forward

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Mississippi,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Oregon,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
Tennessee,
Virgin Islands,
Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Joshua Berry,
Ann Abraham,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Evidence or Fact-Based Measures

Over the past several years, states and jurisdictions have continued to implement important policies to reduce tobacco and nicotine use, including increasing tobacco prices, expanding areas deemed “smoke-free,” limiting the sale of ...

Improving School Workforce Capacity to Address Youth Mental Health

Blog,
Education,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Rural Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Youth Mental Health,
Public Health Workforce,
Alaska,
Iowa,
North Carolina,
Oklahoma,
Wisconsin,
Ioana Ungureanu

The youth mental health crisis has created the need for a comprehensive workforce response, which requires educators and school administrative staff, school-based mental health professionals, and communities to work collaboratively to ...

Recent Federal Actions Spur Changes to Children's Blood Lead Level Screenings and Response

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Early Brain Development,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Policy,
Delaware,
Iowa,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Ali Aslam,
Healthcare Access,
At-Risk Populations,
Infant and Child Health

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy change and provisions in the Infrastructure ...

Jurisdictions Seek to Modernize Vital Records Systems

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
LGBTQ+,
Alaska,
California,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Montana,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Parker Beene

State issued documents, such as birth certificates, are often required to navigate daily life. Vital records policy is a complex and evolving issue with many of the processes and procedures left to jurisdictional policy-makers.

What’s Next for Telehealth: States Try to Make COVID-19 Telehealth Options Permanent

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Telehealth,
Health Equity,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Telehealth,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Connecticut,
Hawaii,
Iowa,
Kentucky,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
Vermont,
New York,
Florida,
West Virginia,
Maine,
Illinois,
Alaska,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Janet Oputa

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, temporarily expanding the use of telehealth technologies by removing various requirements and ...

States Support Postpartum Health with Medicaid Expansions

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Public Health Law,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Race and Public Health,
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Colorado,
Iowa,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
Oklahoma,
Rhode Island,
Texas,
Utah,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Sowmya Kuruganti

States Support Postpartum Health with Medicaid Expansions astho, association of state and territorial health officials, 2023 state legislative session, medicaid expansions, postpartum health, the consolidated appropriations act, national ...

Approaches for Improving Oral Health Outcomes for Low-Income Americans

Blog,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Rural Health,
Tribal Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Alaska,
New Hampshire,
Minnesota,
Colorado,
Iowa,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy

Poor oral health is considered a health disparity for low-income children and adults; it has significant impacts on the overall health and well-being especially for those who are vulnerable. However, states can utilize a variety of ...

States Consider Role of COVID-19 Vaccination for School Enrollment

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Education,
Health Equity,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Andy Baker-White,
Lauren Ewing,
Maggie Davis,
Public Health Law,
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Iowa,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
New York,
Ohio,
Tennessee,
Utah,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Infant and Child Health

This week might have marked the beginning of summer, but many policymakers and health officials have their eye on the upcoming school year and what that might mean in terms of getting students vaccinated against COVID-19. According to a ...

Courts Considering Challenges to States Blocking School Mask Requirements

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Immunization,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Maggie Davis,
Education,
COVID and Special Populations,
Iowa,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Florida,
Arkansas,
Arizona,
Oklahoma,
Disability Inclusion,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infant and Child Health

Recent state laws and governor emergency orders prohibiting universal school mask protocols are complicating the implementation of CDC’s evidence-based guidance for COVID-19 mitigation measures for in-person school. Ten states have enacted ...

2023 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Public Health Law,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Contraception Access,
Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Public Health Workforce,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
California,
Connecticut,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Missouri,
Montana,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Rhode Island,
Texas,
Vermont,
Washington,
Maggie Davis,
Andy Baker-White,
Lillian Colasurdo,
Lana McKinney

A mid-session legislative update on five of ASTHO's top 10 public health state policy issues to watch in 2023: data privacy and modernization, reproductive health, health equity, strengthening public health agencies, and immunization.

States Take Action to Expand Access to PrEP Through Telehealth

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
STIs,
HIV,
Healthcare Access,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Telehealth,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Michigan,
New Jersey,
New York,
Utah,
Vermont,
Tequam Worku,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Race and Public Health,
LGBTQ+,
Substance Misuse,
Partnership

State and local jurisdictions are developing Ending the HOV Epidemic plans. The EHE initiative has largely focused on four key strategies: Diagnose, Treat, Prevent, and Respond to potential outbreaks. The EHE initiative set a goal to ...

Health Equity During COVID-19: Top Strategies for an Equity-Focused Recovery Strategy

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID Recovery,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Michigan,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Anna Bartels,
Partnership,
COVID Resilience

COVID-19 has generated awareness of the importance of building community resiliency and brought about an influx of federal funding, which offers an opportunity to advance equity in prevention, social determinants of health, and healthcare.