Public Health
Public Health is a critical area of focus for local and state government agencies, involving health promotion, disease prevention, and preparedness for health emergencies within communities. Governments are responsible for implementing public health policies, managing healthcare services, and responding to crises like pandemics. This directory provides articles on public health, along with related topics like SafeGov, which covers strategies and initiatives for protecting the well-being and security of the public through effective governance.
Mayor Eric Adams told shop owners to forbid patrons from entering with masks on in order to capture their image on video in case a crime occurs
Bergen County Emergency Medical Services assists local agencies
The Municipal Emergency Services Authority in Lancaster County will set fees as it aims to address industry challenges
Aubree Gordon, public health scholar at the University of Michigan, explains what we need to understand about the new coronavirus as well as what communities are doing now to stop its spread.
Documents gathered as the company prepared for trial showed that a Mallinckrodt sales manager told a distributor in 2009 of the pills: “Just like Doritos; keep eating, we’ll make more.”
Suicide is a complicated subject – with no easily identifiable, one-size-fits-all solution – but that hasn’t stopped communities all over the country from making meaningful strides to help those citizens who would intentionally self-harm
“The employees who help over one million public school kids reach their full potential every day deserve the City’s support,” said Mayor de Blasio.
Some of the money could also pay for an expansion of career counseling and skills training for people in jail or recently released from jail.
“Every time you see a child, no matter where, make eye contact and smile at them. You would be shocked to know how many kids who go through an entire day and no one smiles at them and really connects with them.”
Critical Incident Stress Management is an intervention protocol developed specifically for dealing with traumatic events.
A new court-based program aims to help parents in child protection cases maintain healthy relationships and, ultimately, reunite with their young children in foster care.
As more women in Minnesota seek out help for addiction, service providers are stepping up to help reduce barriers to treatment.
San Francisco is “very close” to having a five-year test program running that will allow officials to more easily take control over those deemed incapable of their own care due to mental illness.
There have been signs of discord between state and local governments across the country about how any settlements would be divided among them. Ohio officials are hoping to avoid this with a preemptive agreement.
About 2 million times each year, the seriously mentally ill are admitted to jails nationwide. One Michigan sheriff is saying enough is enough.
Albuquerque’s Security Services Division is now handling some of the 17,000 “down-and-out” calls the city receives each year in a pilot program intended to make the public safety system more efficient.
The latest proposal could lead to cuts of $37 billion to $49 billion a year in total Medicaid spending, or 6% to 8% of program funds.
Focused on the effects of the load brought home by telecommunicators, this study outlines perceived changes family members of dispatchers notice during their tenure in the profession
After working with patients and incarcerated people for years, neuropsychologist Donna Minter hungered for a more effective way to help people heal and transform.
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