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.
Mental health technicians will help officers decide if a person needs to be taken to a hospital for evaluation
The state is no longer accept new applications and plans to increase funding by $76.6 million while implementing a tiered system
The firefighters and EMS providers are also seeking damages they say they are owed from having to work desk jobs, which pay less, for 18 months
A review of the latest and first state level sexual assault statistics by CDC and other organizations, and previous crime data from DOJ, reveal sexual violence is a widespread public safety and public health problem every community faces
The most common date rape drug is legal, and sexual assault that involves it varies under individual state consent laws.
Educating public health professionals, educators, students, adults and businesses on the principles of preventing sexual violence through numerous available training resources can help reduce incidence in communities.
Since roofies can be slipped into a drink or used to facilitate date rape or sexual assault, the drug carries Schedule 1 penalties
The controversial shift of VA secretary to White House Doctor Ronny Jackson is in part over concern about the doctor’s abilities to run a large agency that provides patient care and manages federal benefits for veterans and their dependents.
GHB is a Schedule I depressant that can be slipped into a drink or used to facilitate date rape or sexual assault.
Ketamine is a Schedule III anesthetic that can be slipped into a drink or used to facilitate date rape or sexual assault
Sustainability
USDA officials say Trump’s ‘America’s Harvest Box’ of shelf-stable foods will cut federal costs, but state SNAP administrators say the agency is not thinking it through, questioning logistics and voicing concerns that access to nutrition could be compromised.
While opioid funding took many of the 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill headlines, there were more wins for local government, and some notable absences.
A Talent Ready Utah grant from the state’s Department of Workforce Services is funding relationship education and date rape detection devices at The Center for Pregnancy Choices in Logan.
NORC at the University of Chicago and its Federal and state partners developed a data-driven tool that maps socioeconomic factors underlying the opioid epidemic in hard hit Appalachian counties.
The Stepping Up Initiative puts law enforcement in contact with local resources that can assist in the education and rehabilitation of inmates with mental health illnesses, including substance abuse, to help pave the way to lower recidivism rates.
Housing agencies must ensure that all Section 9 multi-family housing units comply with the federal smoke free public housing policy effective July 31, 2018.
This opportunity is for walkable community advocates and community change agents working alone, in organizations or in professions such as public health, planning, transportation or education.
Doctors are prescribing gabapentin more often because of its non-addictive properties, but law enforcement and drug rehabilitation programs are finding signs of abuse that exacerbate opioid abuse.
Philadelphia is talking to potential operators of a safe injection site for IV drug users as a way to reduce opioid overdose deaths, but there are many legal and social questions.
