Policies & Programs, filtered by "Public Health Professionals and Advocates"
Policies and programs that can improve health
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Behavioral interventions to prevent HIV and other STIs
Use individual, group, and community-level interventions to provide education, support, and training that can affect social norms about HIV and other STIs
Birthing Project Sister Friends
Provide one-on-one support and education to women of color, by women of color during pregnancy and for one year after birth
Breastfeeding promotion programs
Engage health care professionals, lay health workers, and others to increase breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding, and duration of breastfeeding
Cell phone-based support programs
Deliver real-time ongoing or crisis support to individuals with mental health concerns via mobile phone applications (apps) or texts
Cell phone-based tobacco cessation interventions
Deliver tobacco cessation advice and motivational messages via text or video message
CenteringPregnancy
Provide prenatal care in a group setting, integrating health assessment, education, and support
Child-focused advertising restrictions for unhealthy foods & beverages
Restrict child-focused advertising for unhealthy foods and beverages via bans on unhealthy food and drink ads during children’s TV programs, product placement in children’s movies, etc.
Chronic disease management programs
Implement multi-component efforts that include coordination of health services by multidisciplinary teams of health care professionals, patient self-management, and patient education
Chronic disease self-management (CDSM) programs
Provide educational and behavioral interventions that support patients’ ability to actively manage their condition(s) in everyday life
College-based obesity prevention interventions
Support college-based behavioral education interventions that work towards a pattern of healthy eating and physical activity over the long-term