Strategies

Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks

Revise health care processes and provider roles to integrate mental health and substance abuse treatment into primary care; continue to refer patients with severe conditions to specialty care

Use individual-, group-, and community-level interventions to provide education, support, and training that can affect social norms about HIV and other STIs

Establish a framework to increase walking and biking trails and improve connectivity of non-auto paths and trails in a particular area

Set legal limits for drivers’ blood alcohol concentrations (BACs)

Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care

Implement checkpoints where law enforcement officers can stop drivers suspected of drinking and driving and assess their level of alcohol impairment

Expand broadband availability and adoption in unserved and underserved areas through initiatives that address infrastructure and cost barriers

Use a case management model for frail elderly patients living independently, coordinating aspects of long-term care (LTC) such as status assessment, monitoring, advocacy, care planning, etc.

Provide financial assistance to working parents, or parents attending school, to pay for child care