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Smoke-free policies for multi-unit housing
Implement private sector rules or public sector regulations that prohibit smoking in and around multi-unit housing
Smoke-free policies for outdoor areas
Implement private sector rules or public sector regulations that prohibit smoking outdoors or restrict it to designated areas
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
Spotlight on Rural: Local efforts at the intersection of health and housing
Access to safe and affordable housing provides a foundation for good health, yet half of all rural counties across the country have experienced an increase in severe housing cost burden since the housing crisis of 2006-2010.
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