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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

Protecting the Health and Well-Being of People Living Unsheltered by Stopping Forcible Displacement of Encampments
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:20234

Keywords: Encampments, Homeless, Housing, Sweeps

Policy Statement

A Call to Stop Shackling Incarcerated Patients Seeking Health Care
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:20233

Keywords: Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Incarceration, Shackling

Policy Statement

Meeting the Health and Psychosocial Needs and Ensuring the Human Rights of Refugees From Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:LB23-02

Keywords: Armenians, Conflict, Human Rights, Nagorno-Karabakh, Refugees

Policy Statement

Falls Prevention in Adults 65 Years and Over: A Call for Increased Use of an Evidenced-Based Falls Prevention Algorithm
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:20235

Keywords: Older Adults, Falls

Policy Statement

Supporting Youth Physical Activity Opportunities in Out-of-School-Time Programs
  • Date:NOV 14 2023
  • Policy Statement Number:20232

Keywords: Physical Activity, Youth

Policy Statement

Public Health Actions That Support Implementation of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:LB22-01

Keywords: Mental Health, Suicide, Violence Prevention

Policy Statement

Support Decent Work for All as a Public Health Goal in the United States
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20223

Keywords: Occupational Health And Safety, Labor Issues, Compensation

Policy Statement

Preserving Public Health Capacity by Protecting the Workforce and Authority
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20228

Keywords: Public Health Authority, Public Health Law, Public Health Workforce

Policy Statement

A Strategy to Address Systemic Racism and Violence as Public Health Priorities: Training and Supporting Community Health Workers to Advance Equity and Violence Prevention
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20227

Keywords: Community Health, Racism, Violence Prevention, Health Equity

Policy Statement

Advancing Environmental Health and Justice: A Call for Assessment and Oversight of Health Care Waste
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20224

Keywords: Health Care Waste

Policy Statement

Reimagining Public Health Leadership for Health Equity: Moving Toward Collective and Community-Centered Applied Practice
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:202210

Keywords: Community Health, Health Equity, Health Access, Health Disparities, Racism

Policy Statement

Advancing Health Equity through Protecting and Promoting Access to Voting
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20229

Keywords: Health Equity, Civil Rights, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health

Policy Statement

Intellectual Property Protections and Profits Limit Global Vaccine Access
  • Date:NOV 08 2022
  • Policy Statement Number:20221

Keywords: Vaccines, Trade, Global Health, Intellectual Property, Public Health Law

Policy Statement

A Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention within a Public Health Framework
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:20213

Keywords: Mental Health, Violence, Injury Prevention Control

Policy Statement

Advancing Public Health Interventions to Address the Harms of the Carceral System
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:202117

Keywords: Jails Prisons, Civil Rights, Human Rights

Policy Statement

Advancing Public Health and Equity through Prevention and Reengagement of Disconnected (Opportunity) Youth
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:20214

Keywords: Adolescent Health, Education, Health Equity

Policy Statement

Lessons from the COVID 19 Pandemic: The Importance of Universal Health Care in Addressing Health Care Inequities
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:202112

Keywords: Health Insurance, Health Equity, Health Reform, pandemic, coronavirus

Policy Statement

Expanding Medicaid Coverage for Birthing People to One Year Postpartum
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:LB21-02

Keywords: Access To Health Care, Maternal And Child Health, Medicaid, Pregnancy

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Preparing Public Schools in the United States for the Next Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from COVID-19
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:202118

Keywords: School Health, Adolescent Health, Child Health And Development, coronavirus, Emergency Preparedness

Policy Statement

Prevention of Lower Extremity Amputations due to Nontraumatic Loss of Sensation and Loss of Circulation
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:20212

Keywords: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease

Policy Statement

The Impacts of Individual and Household Debt on Health and Well-Being
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:20216

Keywords: Racism, Income Inequality

Policy Statement

Preventing Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Immigration Detention
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:202119

Keywords: Immigrant Health, Immigrants, Immigration, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Civil Rights, Contraception

Policy Statement

Call for Urgent Actions to Address Health Inequities in the U.S. Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Response
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:20218

Keywords: coronavirus, Health Equity, Public Health Infrastructure

Policy Statement

Adopting a Single-Payer Health System
  • Date:OCT 26 2021
  • Policy Statement Number:20219

Keywords: Health Reform, Health Insurance, Access To Health Care

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