At a glance
The components of PS23-0009 program are explained. These efforts will provide more data, actionable strategies, and increased resources for public health leaders and will better guide public health practice through evidence-based law and policy interventions.
Dear Colleague
June 1, 2023
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded funds to two nongovernmental partner organizations under the program PS23-0009: Advancing Policy as a Public Health Intervention to Reduce Morbidity, Mortality and Disparities in HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and Tuberculosis. Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) and The National Network of Public Health Institutes (New Orleans, LA) are the selected recipients under PS-23-0009 for Components 1 and 2, respectively.
Component 1 supports better data collection on laws and policies that affect health and inform comprehensive health and economic assessments. The collection and assessment of more robust data will allow for extensive legal mapping of priority and emerging policy levers and improve our ability to evaluate their impact on health and economic outcomes. This work will help expand the evidence base on the role laws and policies play in reducing or exacerbating health disparities and inform the development of specific tools and resources that can be used to advance evidence-based policy making and efforts to achieve health equity.
Component 2 supports the creation of a resource center to provide technical assistance to leaders who make decisions in public health and to help advance their understanding of how laws and policies are developed, adopted, implemented, and enforced. This new resource will build public health capacity at state, tribal, local, and territorial levels, and provide leaders with the information they need, including on effective, evidence-based health equity interventions, to make evidence-based decisions.
These two components working together will provide more data, actionable strategies, and increased resources for public health leaders and will better guide public health practice through evidence-based law and policy interventions. Ultimately, these efforts will improve health outcomes, increase efficiency, reduce costs, nurture the development of effective programs and policies, and strengthen governmental accountability. CDC looks forward to embarking on this important work with these organizations.
/Cecily A. Campbell/
Cecily A. Campbell, JD, LLM
Associate Director
Office of Policy, Planning, and Partnerships
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
/Jonathan Mermin/
Jonathan H. Mermin, MD, MPH
RADM and Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS
Director
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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