Network for Public Health Law

📣 Early Bird Registration for the 2025 Public Health Law Conference is NOW OPEN. The 2025 Public Health Law Conference will be held September 16 - 18, 2025 in Renton, Washington, and will bring together public health officials, administrators and practitioners; lawyers; researchers; leaders of community-based organizations and others who are working to advance health and health equity in their communities. To learn more about the conference, to submit an abstract, or to register, visit: https://lnkd.in/eMwP2gE8 #PHLC2025

Last year, KFF Health News published an analysis by Christine Minhee, that found 12 states had made written commitments to publicly report expenditures on 100% of their funds in a way an average person could find and understand. (The other 38 states promised less.) But there’s a gap between those promises and the follow-through. This year, KFF Health News and Minhee revisited those 12 states: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, and Utah. From their reports, it became clear that some did not fulfill their promises. And several just squeaked by, meeting the letter of the law but falling far short of communicating to the public in a clear and meaningful manner. “I don’t think it’s a high bar to let the public see at some reasonable level of granularity where their money is going,” [said] Corey S. Davis, a project director at the Network for Public Health Law, where he focuses on substance use policy.  🔗 Read the full article, here: https://lnkd.in/ejeUStHU

Community adaptation is a process communities utilize to lessen the impacts of climate change locally. Implementing effective community adaptation policies that center health equity involves more than public health departments – it involves housing, energy, transportation, parks and recreation, and other agencies, with community engagement in each step of the process. Community adaptation will continue to be critical to ameliorating the health impacts of climate change and combatting environmental injustices. 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, by Jill Krueger, J.D., Emma Kaeser, J.D., Leah Terry, and Nina B., is out now. 🔗 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/griPJ5FF

In many states, hemp products are on the market without the same public health protections that govern states’ licensed cannabis markets. While the federal government ponders potential legislation and states continue to struggle in court, intoxicating hemp products continue to be sold with little oversight in many jurisdictions. 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘏𝘦𝘮𝘱 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮, by Mathew Swinburne, J.D., senior advisor of the Network's Eastern Region, is out now! 🔗 Read the latest here: https://lnkd.in/eyN787Sf

THREE WEEKS to go until the abstract submission deadline for the 2025 Public Health Law Conference! Deadline: November 27, 2024, 11:59pm ET 🔗 To view the application or submit an abstract, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eDN2rrrj Priority areas include:   Health and Racial Health Equity: structural racism; implementing antiracism in public health; equitable and culturally inclusive approaches to mental health and well-being; health impacts of incarceration; just transitions, disparate health impacts of climate change; LGBTQ health, reproductive and sexual health, maternal health; disability justice; food security; rural health; regulating menthol cigarettes; and Tribal health. Advocacy and Community Engagement: community-led health initiatives; strategies for enhancing community engagement in public health; cross-sectoral collaboration to bridge gaps in health disparities; public health advocacy; ballot initiatives; messaging to overcome mis/disinformation and information resistance and make the affirmative case for public health. Public Health Authority and Systems: public health authority beyond emergencies; litigation and other legal tools; Medicaid in non-expansion states; operationalizing racial equity tools and frameworks; implicit bias in public health law; politicizing of public health measures; increasing legal knowledge and skills in the public health workforce; immunization requirements; and legal epidemiology. Harm Reduction: harm reduction laws and policies; strengthening community-based harm reduction organizations, substance use disorder (SUD) prevention; cannabis legalization and regulation; naloxone distribution; overdose prevention centers; public health to support people who use drugs rather than punitive responses (includes decriminalization); defining the SUD treatment industry. Data Access, Sharing and Privacy: Tribal public health data; laws around the use of artificial intelligence; cross sector data sharing; equity in public health data; data disaggregation; trends in data privacy/data sharing; and data modernization initiatives and public health. Emerging Issues: the next public health emergency; climate action plans; indoor and outdoor air quality; artificial intelligence; emerging legislative trends impacting racial equity, vaccination and immunization; civic engagement; judicial decisions impacting racial health equity, the health of LGBTQ communities, access to health care, gun control, and affirmative action. 

It's #ElectionDay! Have you found your polling place? 🔗 Search here: https://lnkd.in/ekMpUph 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳: 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘺.

The “War on Drugs,” which is rooted in racism, is a failed approach to ending drug-related harm. By repealing the unjust paraphernalia laws that resulted from it, jurisdictions can focus on evidence-based, effective, common-sense approaches that respect the dignity and autonomy of people who use drugs. 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘴: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭, by Ashleigh Dennis, J.D., staff attorney for harm reduction, is out now! 🔗 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e-4NTJ5N

PIX is celebrating National Gratitude month - We are grateful to work with our partners MSMEDUGiving, NASTAD, National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR), NACCHO, and Network for Public Health Law for engaging in HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB prevention with us. Our colleagues allow the provision of TA and resources to the field. To learn how you can take advantage of any of our free services, visit our website, pix-ta.org.

The Network's Harm Reduction Legal Project exhibited at the Third Annual Florida Harm Reduction conference, held in St. Pete Florida, by the Florida Harm Reduction Collective! Staff Attorney for Harm Reduction, Ashleigh Dennis, J.D., presented on 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 - 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥, as part of a legal and advocacy panel, alongside panelists Donna Sabatino, RN, ACRN (Director of State Policy and Advocacy, The AIDS Institute) and Matt Martin (Associate Director, North Carolina AIDS Action Network) who presented on HIV decriminalization. 

We just concluded an incredible APHA Annual Meeting and Expo! It was a privilege to present alongside dedicated colleagues and to connect with fellow public health professionals (seeing "Prince" was an added bonus). Looking forward to next year! #APHA2024