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Reproductive health care encompasses essential health care services for persons who may become pregnant, including safe and legal abortion care, contraception, and the use of…

Act for Public Health Partner EventsAct for Public Health is a collaborative working group that provides resources, technical assistance, and training to help push back against…

Effective messaging of public health challenges and interventions is essential to public health practice and especially to implementing public health laws and policies in a polarized political environment. It is easy for public health leaders to become consumed with the ongoing political and resource shifts taking place in public health and health care. However, it is also clear that those in public health, at all levels, want to engage more deeply and meaningfully with communities of all backgrounds who are burdened by poor health.

The Peer Group brings together privacy officers from state health departments to provide peer support and share resources regarding emerging legal and compliance issues related to the collection, maintenance, use, and storage of data for public health purposes.

Use the power of law and policy to make a real and substantial difference in the health of your communities. Our specialized coaching services help health agencies implement a comprehensive approach to creating, improving, and implementing laws and policies that support their public health objectives.

Through the climate LPC, participants will convene in a peer learning and practice collaborative to engage in collective problem solving, grow the field of public health related to climate change and health equity, and build the knowledge and capacity to drive strategies that address climate change.

As more states contemplate cannabis legalization, understanding the broad spectrum of public health and policy issues, including advertising restrictions, personal cultivation regulations, social…

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[Introductory Paragraph. This paragraph is placeholder copy.] The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the most comprehensive health reform legislation enacted by the United…

Disparate health outcomes due to social and structural barriers have long existed, mostly impacting people of color, people with disabilities, low-income people, and people with…

There is a consistently growing body of research exploring the ways that law and policy, in all sectors, can advance health equity. Decisions are made…

Communities across the United States are recognizing the role of racism in creating differences in outcomes for people of color and are committing to changing…