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2022 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
STIs,
HIV,
Tobacco Control,
Mental Health,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Infectious Disease,
West Virginia,
Wyoming,
New Jersey,
California,
Washington, D.C.,
New York,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Rhode Island,
Minnesota,
Washington,
Maryland,
Parker Beene,
Maggie Davis,
Beth Giambrone

The ASTHO State Health Policy team provides brief updates on 5 of the ten state health policy issues to watch in 2022: mental and behavioral health, rural health, e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products, HIV and PFAS.

Addressing Rural Health Disparities in a Pandemic

Podcast,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Immunization,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Members,
Colorado,
Kansas,
Nebraska,
Robert Johnson,
Benjamin Anderson,
Lee Norman,
Margaret Brockman

On this episode, speakers will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on rural health infrastructure and workforce, and how to improve these conditions in rural communities. We hear from three leaders who work in states with high rural healthcare ...

Public Health Policy Issues to Watch in 2021

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Influenza,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
STIs,
HIV,
Tobacco Control,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Overdose Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Risk-Appropriate Care,
Public Health Law,
Preparedness,
Emergency Powers,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Healthcare Access,
Andy Baker-White,
Beth Giambrone,
Maggie Davis,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
Evidence or Fact-Based Measures

With many of the state and territorial legislatures reconvening over the next few weeks, we can look forward to new (and not-so-new) legislation start to crop up that will impact public health. To help navigate the new legislative ...

States Seek to Protect the Workers Who Feed America

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Rural Health,
California,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Leah Silva

Responsible for planting, growing, harvesting, processing, and preparing the food we eat, agricultural workers are essential workers during the COVID-19 response to keep the U.S. food supply chain operating efficiently. But farmworkers are ...

ASTHO’s Public Health Resolutions for 2021

News,
ASTHO News,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Rural Health,
STIs,
HIV,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
Healthcare Access,
Telehealth,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Tobacco Control,
Blog,
Alannah Kittle,
Cara Person,
Kristi Meadows,
Vector-Borne Disease

Every year, ASTHO performs an annual environmental scan to identify these policy and programmatic priorities. The most recent scan occurred from June 2019 to May 2020. Through ongoing collection of data from a variety of sources—including ...

States Work to Support Rural Hospitals Despite Pandemic Challenges

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Workforce,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Rural Health,
At-Risk Populations,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
California,
Hawaii,
Maryland,
Kentucky,
Kansas,
Oklahoma,
Utah,
Beth Giambrone,
Public Health Workforce

When rural hospitals close, it increases the distance people must travel for essential healthcare services. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and magnified the factors leading to rural hospital closures across the country. Many ...

Environmental Health Innovations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brief,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Alaska,
Hawaii,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
South Carolina,
Virginia,
Series,
Public Health Transformation

In 2021, ASTHO convened state environmental health directors and directors of public health preparedness to discuss innovations developed during the COVID-19 pandemic such as virtual inspections. This ASTHOBrief explores how state health ...

Addressing the Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Maternal and Infant Health

Blog,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Risk-Appropriate Care,
Healthcare Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Telehealth,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Rural Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Telehealth,
Arkansas,
North Carolina,
Lexa Giragosian

Rural hospital closures exacerbate poor socioeconomic conditions, job loss, cost of health services, transportation times and barriers, and inequitable access to quality care, all of which contribute to unfavorable maternal and infant ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Mental Health

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Rural Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Delaware,
Florida,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Virginia,
Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia,
Maggie Davis,
LGBTQ+

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 health workforce.