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.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the plan, which also includes training for EMS providers on helping sexual assault survivors
The Republican challenger questions whether Cheshire EMS can be self-sustaining after it is launched with federal funds
The deals call for most of the funds to be used to fight the drug crisis, but neither company admitted wrongdoing
Through Aetna’s Cultivating Healthy Communities initiative, grants were awarded to 25 nonprofits with a focus on health and hunger in America.
Mayors from Gary, Indiana, Huntington, West Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee, ask lawmakers for more federal funding for opioids at the local level. Get the new NLC/NACO whitepaper on best practices to address the crisis.
Jason Kander announced he is ending his bid for Kansas City mayor due to an ongoing battle with PTSD. He is a military veteran that served in Afghanistan.
An ICMA 2018 session on opioid interventions shared rural, urban and regional diversion program information and offered key takeaways about the role of data.
Local government solutions providers attended ICMA 2018.
The Ohio competition aims to develop -- with millions in funding -- opioid technologies that can help address opioid abuse for marketplace deployment by 2022.
Loneliness is at the heart of poor physical and mental health, but it’s going to take a village to combat this public health epidemic
Before responders arrive, students trained to apply tourniquets have the chance to save the lives of their peers and others.
Data from states like Vermont confirms that MAT for opioid abuse disorder increased under Medicaid expansion.
Right from the field, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is better able to assess potential mental health situations via telepsychiatry.
One in five students has a mental health challenge. Adults can learn how to spot the signs through an 8-hour mental health first aid course.
Maryland’s STOP VAWA grant program aims to boost victim-centered public safety strategies to combat violence against women.
North Carolina is seeing an increase in opioid overdose emergency department visits. Interventions are lowering overdoses, but fentanyl is increasing them.
Marshall Health and public health partners will leverage existing community programs and increase immediate access to treatment for opioid intervention.
The cloud-based PDMP platform integrates with electronic health records, and uses machine learning to create single records to track opioid prescriptions.
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