Journal of Public Health Management & Practice

ASTHO Legal Mapping Center Launches Maps of Harm Reduction Policies to Prevent Overdose

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Monday, August 7, 2023
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ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) today announced the launch of its new legal mapping center aimed at highlighting policies that may prevent overdose and help fight the opioid epidemic.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) today announced the launch of its new legal mapping center aimed at highlighting policies that may prevent overdose and help fight the opioid epidemic.
  • With the overall goal of reducing the nation's overdose rates, the center created maps that visualize the national policy landscape of overdose prevention centers and laws supporting community distribution of naloxone and fentanyl test strips.
  • "Public health leaders can use these maps to identify strategies that we know lead to reductions in overdose rates," says Michael Fraser, PhD, chief executive officer of ASTHO.
  • The two maps, created using MonQcle, a legal mapping software by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law, are part of ASTHO's support of state and territorial overdose prevention efforts.

New Data-based Insights on the Public Health Workforce Reflect Pandemic’s Impact and a Focus on Health Equity

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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At the same time, broader societal movements, including an increased nationwide focus on racism as a public health crisis, have led to a stronger drive for equity both in the public health profession and among the populations it serves.

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  • At the same time, broader societal movements, including an increased nationwide focus on racism as a public health crisis, have led to a stronger drive for equity both in the public health profession and among the populations it serves.
  • The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice has published a special supplement with a collection of new analyses, actionable findings, and recommendations that address these and other themes.
  • Previously conducted in 2014 and 2017, PH WINS is the only nationally representative survey of state and local government public health employees.
  • It collects data on the demographics of the workforce and captures individual perspectives on key issues such as engagement and morale, training needs, and emerging concepts in public health.

Harvard Business School Announces Howard Cox Health Care Initiative Fund

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
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BOSTON, March 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvard Business School (HBS) has received a $10 million gift from Howard Cox (MBA 1969) to support the School's Health Care Initiative with the goal of improving the quality and driving down the cost of health care in the United States.  Cox, a venture capitalist and philanthropist who has been active in health care innovation in the US for over five decades, believes that, through its interactions with business and government leaders, HBS is uniquely positioned to drive innovation in health care, creating substantive change that will greatly improve the quality and value of health care delivery.

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  • BOSTON, March 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvard Business School (HBS) has received a $10 million gift from Howard Cox (MBA 1969) to support the School's Health Care Initiative with the goal of improving the quality and driving down the cost of health care in the United States.
  • HBS has received a $10 million gift from Howard Cox (MBA 1969) to support its Health Care Initiative.
  • "Howard Cox has been a champion of improving health care in our country for decades," said HBS Dean Srikant Datar.
  • "It would be hard to overstate the significance and lasting impact of Howard's gift to the Health Care Initiative," said Robert Huckman, Howard Cox Health Care Initiative Faculty Chairand Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration.