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Minimum drinking age laws
Maintain the current legal age when an individual can purchase alcoholic beverages; currently 21 years in all states
Minimum tobacco age laws
Minimum legal tobacco age (MLTA) laws specify the legal age to purchase or publicly consume tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, and e-cigarettes
Minimum wage increases
Increase the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly compensation that employers may legally pay to workers
Missouri Communities Move to Action to Improve Health
Working together is at the heart of making meaningful change in a community. Building Communities for Better Health (BCBH)—a three-year grant-funded program sponsored through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services—kicked off in 2018 with the goal of empowering communities to implement key policy, systems, and environmental change approaches. The program focuses on reducing risk...
Mixed-use development
Support a combination of land uses (e.g., residential, commercial, recreational) in development initiatives, often through zoning regulations or Smart Growth initiatives
Mobile health for mental health
Deliver health care services and support to individuals with mental health concerns via mobile devices using text messaging or mobile apps
Mobile produce markets
Support fresh food carts or vehicles that travel to neighborhoods on a set schedule to sell fresh fruits and vegetables
Mobile reproductive health clinics
Offer reproductive health services (e.g., pregnancy tests, prenatal and postpartum care, gynecological exams, STI screenings, etc.), health education, and social service referrals via medically equipped vans
Motivating Communities to Improve the Health of Their Populations
Could Incentives Prompt Communities to Implement Policies Shown to Improve Health?
The September 2010 edition of Preventing Chronic Disease—a journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—features a set of essays and articles examining different ways to encourage communities to adopt policies that have been shown to improve health.
Moving Data to Action and the NAACHO Annual Conference
On July 10, 2013, hundreds of local public health officials convened in Dallas for the 2013 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Annual Conference. Themed, “Public Health by the Numbers. Our Story. Our Time. Our Future,” this year the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program was well represented. Many attendees and presenters at the...