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Health Equity Approaches to Preventing Heart Disease and Strokes

Podcast,

Health in All Policies,

Members,

Population Health and Prevention,

Health Care Access,

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,

Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Elimination of Disparities,

Healthy Aging,

Heart Disease,

Stroke,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Ohio,

Robert Johnson,

Esther L. Muña,

Chip Allen,

Michael L. Sells,

Public Health Review

This episode emphasizes the importance of addressing heart disease and stroke prevention through approaches that center on health equity, including systems-level changes, quality improvement, and community development. CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention is partnering with ASTHO to support jurisdictions in successfully integrating efforts with healthcare and community partners and implementing best practices and evidence-based policies to identify, control, and improve blood pressure.

Building Vaccine Confidence Among State and Territorial Legislatures

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Members,

Infectious Disease,

Immunization,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Kansas,

New Hampshire,

Ohio,

Lee Norman,

Maggie Davis,

Heather Tomlinson

Two key considerations for those working with state and territorial legislators considering vaccine legislation: work with trusted messengers and craft informative and compelling testimony.

Public Health and the Courtroom: How Health Officials Become Involved With Lawsuits

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

Public Health Law,

State Health Policy,

Mississippi,

Ohio,

Utah,

Members,

Andy Baker-White,

Maggie Davis,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Tobacco Control,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Thomas Dobbs

As leaders of their state agency, state and territorial health officials can be named parties in lawsuits alleging that an action taken by a public health agency was unlawful. These officials are typically sued in their “official capacity,” meaning the lawsuit is brought against them as the representative of the agency and not as an individual. This post contains three examples of state health officials who have found themselves named in lawsuits.