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Preventing Fatal Overdoses in Postpartum Populations

This brief outlines key considerations for state health departments to address the increase in overdose-related deaths during the postpartum period.

State Legislative Activity Supports Federal Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Initiative

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Across the nation, public health agencies have mounted herculean efforts to stem the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing a pre-existing HIV epidemic and an opioid crisis that is serving as a source for many new HIV outbreaks. Tackling these ...

State Approaches to Community Health Worker Certification

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

Increasing Access to Doulas will Ease the Maternal Health Crisis

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State and federal actions to expand the doula workforce and improve maternal health.

ASTHO's 2024 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

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Utah,

ASTHO's 2024 Legislative Session Update: Part Two Beth Giambrone, Maggie Davis, Christina Severin ASTHO's Public Health Legislative Update on Tobacco, Mental Health, Environmental Health, Workforce, and Containing Infectious ...

State Policies Promote the Importance of Defibrillators and CPR

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State Policies Promote the Importance of Defibrillators and CPR astho, association of state and territorial health officials, automated external defibrillators, heart disease, cpr training, defibrillators and cpr, cardiac arrest, coronary ...

Expanding Pharmacist-Prescribed HIV PrEP

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PrEP is a powerful tool to reduce new HIV infections; expanding access to PrEP is a priority within the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative. One way to increase access to PrEP is by allowing pharmacists to prescribe and ...

Opportunities for Public Health Agencies to Advance Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Programs

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Opportunities for Public Health Agencies to Advance Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Programs Advancing Sustainable Financing of Community Health Workers Explore how health officials can play key roles as funders, ...

Telehealth and Licensure Policies Improving Healthcare Access for Rural Communities

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Recent legislation at both the state and federal levels has significantly affected the ability of healthcare providers to serve patients virtually and across state lines.

2023 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

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Iowa,

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.

ASTHO’s 2024 Legislative Session Update: Part One

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ASTHO’s 2024 Legislative Session Update: Part One legislative session, state policy, data collection, domestic violence, health information exchange, data privacy, substance misuse, overdose prevention, sexually transmitted infections, ...