Mechanisms for Advancing Public Health
There are novel and innovative ways that law and policy in different sectors can be used to advance health initiatives. Emerging public health issues like climate adaptation, social determinants of health, and childhood trauma call for new approaches and strategies that leverage law and policy in previously unexplored ways.
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State Laws Limiting Public Health Protections: Hazardous for Our Health
Exemptions to School Entry Vaccines and Corresponding Vaccine Coverage
Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Benefit: A Powerful Tool to Improve Child Health
Legality of Drug Checking Equipment in Illinois
IZ Gateway Agreement for Data Exchange Between IIS and Multi-Jurisdictional Vaccine Providers
Q&A: Tracking How Voting Impacts Health
Immunization (IZ) Gateway Project Legal Agreements: Facilitating Secure Data Sharing for IISs
COVID-19 Illustrates Need to Close the Digital Divide
Strengthening Public Health Authority to Contain and Prevent Communicable Disease
An Assessment of the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
Declarations of Racism as a Public Health Crisis: Utilizing Declarations to Address Health Inequities
Renewable Energy Standards: A Strategy to Transition Rapidly Away From the Use of Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas to Clean, Safe, and Affordable Renewable Energy
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With the Passage of Its Compliance Date, the HIPAA Final Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Faces Challenges in the Courts
Amid Mounting Threats to Indoor Air Quality, Policies to Expand Access to Modified Box Fans Can Help
Restricting Education on Race and Racism: Legislative Concerns and Bright Spots
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A Closer Look at Mechanisms for Advancing Public Health
Increasingly, public health must look at legal and policy mechanisms in other sectors for opportunities that can support efforts to improve and promote health in communities. For example, tax incentives — in the form of tax credits, deductions or exemptions — can be used to support injury prevention measures; addressing climate and health requires examination of energy policy; and tackling mental health issues in school necessitates consideration of training requirements for teachers.
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