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Policy Statement Database

Policy Statements beginning in 1948 to the present are available in our Policy Statement Database. You can search the database by year, policy number or keyword.

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Policy Statement

An Update to A Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding: A Fundamental Public Health Issue
  • Date:NOV 05 2013
  • Policy Statement Number:20132

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Womens Health, Research

Policy Statement

Public Health Support for People Reentering Communities from Prisons and Jails
  • Date:NOV 05 2013
  • Policy Statement Number:201311

Keywords: Jails Prisons, Minorities

Policy Statement

Defining and Implementing a Public Health Response to Drug Use and Misuse
  • Date:NOV 05 2013
  • Policy Statement Number:201312

Keywords: Drug Overdose, Human Rights

Policy Statement

Cessation of Military Recruiting in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • Date:OCT 30 2012
  • Policy Statement Number:20123

Keywords: Military, Armed Forces

Policy Statement

Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
  • Date:OCT 30 2012
  • Policy Statement Number:20122

Keywords: Diabetes, Dental Health, Research

Policy Statement

Prioritizing Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Treatment in Global Health
  • Date:NOV 01 2011
  • Policy Statement Number:201111

Keywords: Non Communicable Diseases, NCDs, Global Health, International Health, Prevention, Poverty, Health Disparities

Policy Statement

American Public Health Association Child Health Policy for the United States
  • Date:NOV 09 2010
  • Policy Statement Number:201013

Keywords: Childrens Health, Health Care, Violence, Public Health Infrastructure

Policy Statement

Ensuring the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: Strengthening US Efforts to Reduce Global Poverty and Promote Public Health
  • Date:NOV 10 2009
  • Policy Statement Number:20094

Keywords: International Health, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty

Policy Statement

The Role of Public Health Practitioners, Academics, and Advocates in Relation to Armed Conflict and War
  • Date:NOV 10 2009
  • Policy Statement Number:20095

Keywords: International Health, Conflict, War

Policy statement on the role of public health practitioners, academics and advocates in relation to armed conflict and war

Policy Statement

Discouraging Smoking in Feature Films to Avoid Influencing Youth to Smoke
  • Date:OCT 28 2008
  • Policy Statement Number:20082

Policy Statement

Maintaining and Enforcing the Age-21 Legal Drinking Age
  • Date:OCT 28 2008
  • Policy Statement Number:LB-08-02

Keywords: Alcohol, Injury Prevention Control

Policy Statement

Tobacco-Free School Environments
  • Date:NOV 06 2007
  • Policy Statement Number:20076

Keywords: Tobacco, Smoking, School Health, Environmental Health, Child Health And Development, Healthy People 2010

Policy Statement

Preventing Vision Loss Through Smoking Cessation
  • Date:NOV 06 2007
  • Policy Statement Number:20071

Keywords: Eye Care Disorders, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarettes, Vision Care

Policy Statement

Building a Public Health Infrastructure for Physical Activity Promotion
  • Date:NOV 06 2007
  • Policy Statement Number:20079

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Diabetes, Mental Health, Health Disparities, Tobacco, Environmental Health, Built Environment

Policy Statement

Urgent Call for a Nationwide Public Health Infrastructure and Action to Reverse the Obesity Epidemic
  • Date:NOV 08 2006
  • Policy Statement Number:200619

Keywords: Appropriations, CDC Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Federal Appropriations, Federal Health Services, Health Education, Nutrition, Nutrition Education

Policy Statement

The Role of the Pharmacist in Public Health
  • Date:NOV 08 2006
  • Policy Statement Number:200614

Keywords: Drugs, Education, Future of Public Health, Patient Education, Pharmaceuticals

Policy Statement

A Call for a Framework Convention on Alcohol Control
  • Date:NOV 08 2006
  • Policy Statement Number:200615

Keywords: Alcohol, Drugs, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Tobacco

Policy Statement

Reducing Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Preterm and Low Birthweight Births
  • Date:NOV 08 2006
  • Policy Statement Number:20062

Keywords: Birth Centers, Birth Defects, CDC Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Child Health And Development, Family Health, Family Planning, Maternal And Child Health, Maternity Services

Policy Statement

Abstinence and U.S. Abstinence Only Education Policies: Ethical and Human Rights Concerns
  • Date:NOV 08 2006
  • Policy Statement Number:200610

Keywords: Adolescent Health, Child Health And Development, Education, Family Planning, Health Education

Policy Statement

Reducing Occupational Exposure to Benzene in Workers and Their Offspring
  • Date:DEC 14 2005
  • Policy Statement Number:20056

Keywords: Chemicals, Compensation, Occupational Health And Safety

Policy Statement

Promoting Public Health and Education Goals through Coordinated School Health Programs
  • Date:NOV 09 2004
  • Policy Statement Number:20049

Keywords: Physical Fitness, Prevention, School Health Education and Services

Policy Statement

Reducing Underage Alcohol Consumption
  • Date:NOV 09 2004
  • Policy Statement Number:20041

Keywords: Alcohol

Policy Statement

Threats to Public Health Science
  • Date:NOV 09 2004
  • Policy Statement Number:200411

Keywords: Occupational Health And Safety, Science

Policy Statement

The Impact of a Public Health Nursing Shortage on the Nation's Public Health Infrastructure
  • Date:NOV 18 2003
  • Policy Statement Number:20032

Keywords: Employment, Health Care, Quality, Nursing, OSHA, Unemployment

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