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Social host laws
Adopt laws that hold private property owners who provide alcohol to minors or obviously intoxicated individuals on their property liable if someone is killed or injured as a result
Social media for civic participation
Support individual and group use of internet-based tools to receive news, communicate or share information, collaborate on ideas, mobilize networks, and make collective decisions
Social norms campaigns on alcohol misuse among college students
Provide objective, normative information to reduce college students’ misperceptions about alcohol use and, ultimately, change their drinking behavior
Social service integration
Coordinate access to services across delivery systems and disciplinary boundaries (e.g., housing, disability, physical health, mental health, child welfare, workforce services, etc.)
Soda taxes
Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax
Sports-related concussion education
Educate youth and college athletes, coaches, and parents about the severity of concussions in sports, proper prevention, detection, reporting, and treatment
Start 2013 Off Right: Renew Your Commitment to Improving Community Health
Start the year off right by using the County Health Rankings to help set your community’s goals to improve health in 2013. On January 17, we’ll host the popular County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 101 webinar to introduce you to the program. You’ll learn:
State-level minimum nurse staffing requirements for nursing homes
Establish state level regulations that require nursing homes to employ at least a set number of licensed and non-licensed nursing staff, often set in terms of staff hours per resident day
Statewide comprehensive tobacco programs
Coordinate state and community-level cessation and prevention interventions and provide information on the dangers of tobacco using a combination of educational, regulatory, clinical, social, and economic strategies
Striving for Equal Pay: Coalition Building in Kansas City
Kansas City residents have long strived to eliminate gender discrimination and improve women’s rights as a way to build a healthier future for everyone. Local leader and social worker Alice Kitchen has been fueling this focus for decades. Kitchen advocates for a world where everyone enjoys economic security and women receive fair pay.