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State Approaches to Community Health Worker Certification

Brief,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Community Health Workers,

Public Health Workforce,

Arizona,

Arkansas,

Connecticut,

Florida,

Indiana,

Kansas,

Kentucky,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

Minnesota,

Missouri,

Nevada,

New Jersey,

New Mexico,

New York,

Ohio,

Oregon,

Pennsylvania,

South Carolina,

Texas,

Virginia,

Wisconsin

This brief examines the ways states can support certification for community health workers.

ASTHO/CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Learning Collaborative: Lessons Learned from the Payers Cohort

Report,

Population Health and Prevention,

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,

Heart Disease,

Stroke,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Arkansas,

Florida,

Nevada,

Utah,

Virginia,

Wisconsin

This report highlights how a six-state "payers cohort," through the ASTHO/CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Learning Collaborative, convened cross-sector teams which included payer partners, local health agency staff, ...

Isolation, Quarantine, and Public Health Authority Beyond the Pandemic

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Preparedness,

Emergency Powers,

Public Health Law,

Alabama,

California,

Delaware,

Idaho,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Kansas,

Massachusetts,

Missouri,

Montana,

New Mexico,

North Carolina,

North Dakota,

Ohio,

Oklahoma,

Tennessee,

Virginia,

Washington,

Wyoming,

Maggie Davis,

Shalini Nair

Under the Tenth Amendment, states have the power to protect the health and welfare of their populations, including the authority to implement isolation and quarantine orders to limit the spread of disease. This post is an examination of ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Data Modernization and Privacy Protections

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

California,

Colorado,

Delaware,

Illinois,

Maryland,

Nebraska,

North Carolina,

North Dakota,

Oklahoma,

Oregon,

Rhode Island,

Virginia,

Wyoming,

Maggie Davis,

Data Modernization

ASTHO notes the top state public health policy issues in an annual Legislative Prospectus series. ASTHO is publishing a prospectus for the top 10 policy issues to watch in 2022. This week we are featuring data modernization and privacy ...

Improving Access to Oral Healthcare: A Snapshot of State Initiatives

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Health Equity,

Elimination of Disparities,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Telehealth,

Maine,

New Hampshire,

New Jersey,

New Mexico,

North Carolina,

Virginia,

Katrin Patterson

For many Americans, access to dental care remains out of reach, but there are a number of states pursuing strategies to improve access and oral health outcomes, such as primary care and dental care integration, workforce innovations, and ...

State and Territorial Policies to Strengthen the Public Health and Healthcare Workforce

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Public Health Workforce,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Workforce,

Maryland,

Oregon,

Hawaii,

New Mexico,

Wyoming,

Washington,

New Jersey,

Mississippi,

Virginia,

Maggie Davis

Accompanying an infusion of federal funding, states are considering several policy changes to strengthen the public health workforce and address challenges within the health care workforce.

Addressing Privacy Concerns of Using Mental Healthcare via Telehealth

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Public Health Law,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Telehealth,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Mental Health,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Alabama,

Arkansas,

Colorado,

Connecticut,

Georgia,

Idaho,

Illinois,

Kansas,

Kentucky,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

Missouri,

Nebraska,

Nevada,

New Hampshire,

New York,

North Carolina,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Ohio,

Oklahoma,

Rhode Island,

South Carolina,

Tennessee,

Utah,

Virginia,

Evan Han,

Maggie Davis

In an effort to help meet demand, some states and territories have joined interjurisdictional licensing compacts that allow a mental healthcare provider licensed in one state to provide care in another state—without needing to gain ...

School-Based Strategies are Crucial to Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Mental Health

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Mental Health,

Suicide Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

ACEs,

Youth Mental Health,

Alabama,

Arizona,

California,

Delaware,

Illinois,

Kentucky,

Louisiana,

Vermont,

Virginia,

Washington,

West Virginia,

Lexa Giragosian

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly negative impact on the mental health of adolescent girls. Fortunately, state legislators have been addressing school-based mental health through legislation enacted since the beginning of the ...

2022 Legislative Session Update: Part One

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Infectious Disease,

Immunization,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

State Health Policy,

Leadership Development,

Public Health Workforce,

Indiana,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Nebraska,

New York,

Utah,

Virginia,

Wisconsin,

Andy Baker-White,

Lana McKinney,

Maggie Davis

The ASTHO State Health Policy team provides brief updates on 5 of the ten state health policy issues to watch in 2022: public health authority, immunization, data privacy and modernization, public health workforce, and health equity.

State Strategies for Advancing Viral Hepatitis Elimination

Report,

Infectious Disease,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Substance Misuse,

Syndemic-Related Infections,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Louisiana,

Pennsylvania,

Rhode Island,

Virginia,

Washington,

Communications

State Strategies for Advancing Viral Hepatitis Elimination astho, association of state and territorial health officials, public health officials, state health officials, territorial health officials, state health department, population ...