Blogs & Articles

Modernizing Public Health Data and Protecting Privacy

Learn about legislative trends and upcoming legislation proposals in 2025 to modernize public health data from collection to dissemination.

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Supporting Maternal and Child Health Across All Stages of Life

Learn about public health policy interventions that can significantly improve the well-being of all families.

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Strengthening the Public Health and Health Care Workforce

This policy brief from ASTHO discusses legislative trends related to public health career pathways, recruitment, retention, and funding.

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Hemp’s Hazy Legal Status Challenges Public Health Efforts

Learn about state regulation of hemp, following federal deregulation and public health challenges including adverse effects of hemp products.

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What Public Health Leaders Need to Know About HTI-2 Proposed Rule

Read how the HTI-2 rule improves upon HTI-1 standards and criteria for data exchange among public health, healthcare, and data providers to benefit public health.

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