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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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
Ideas for Action on Renewable Energy Standards
Equity Assessment Framework for Public Health Laws and Policies
Election 2020: Public Health Legal Reforms and Projections
2020 Election: Public Health on the Ballot
Law and Policy Pathways to Civic Engagement
Law and Policy Pathways to Equity in Birth Outcomes
Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration
Broadband Access and Public Health: Legal and Policy Opportunities for Achieving Equitable Access
Spotlight
What States Can Do to Fill the Gap in Health Care Access for Immigrant Communities
The Power of Race Neutrality to Create a Just Society
Updates to HHS Restructuring and Funding Cuts: Impact on State and Local Public Health
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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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