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This resource examines medical-dental integration in Minnesota and describes the persistent practical and legal barriers to deeper collaboration among dental providers and primary care providers.

Concern over immigration enforcement can prevent immigrants from obtaining needed health care. Many immigrants worry that health workers will share their undocumented status with immigration authorities. Removing barriers to immigrants’ utilization of preventative and other health care services is important for public health. This issue brief explores relevant federal and state health privacy laws and how they apply to undocumented immigrants and provides information on health care providers’ rights and responsibilities when providing health care to immigrants.

This resource examines collaborative practice models as a strategy to increase access to oral health care for underserved communities in Minnesota.

In the U.S., only half the students who eat school lunch also start their day with a healthy school breakfast. This resource examines the framework of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the school breakfast gap and its subsequent public health impacts, and the most prevalent state interventions to bridge the breakfast gap.

This resource identifies innovative laws and policies for more widespread consideration, adoption and implementation of school based dental sealant programs at the state level, examining their application in Minnesota.

This resource contains information on U.S. protections for victims of domestic violence in same-sex relationships.

This issue brief outlines the four permissible uses of the term as they relate to the percent of organic ingredients included in the food product.

This issue brief examines the major legal underpinnings of the debate surrounding plant-based beverages labeling and looks at the current developments at the Food and Drug Administration that could definitively address this question.

There is growing recognition of the unique role that Community Health Workers (CHWs) can play in addressing social determinants of health. Health departments and community-based organizations are increasingly relying on them to provide a variety of services. This issue brief explores legal issues relating to the regulation and employment of community health workers.

Overview The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191 (HIPAA), covers most health departments at the state and local levels. This…

This resource examines pregnancy-associated deaths and pregnancy-related deaths; how MMR investigations and reports can provide critical data and information that can help prevent maternal mortality; and legislation supporting the establishment of MMRs.