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A state health agency (SHA), or state department of health, is a department or agency of the state governments of the United States focused on public health. The state secretary of health is a constitutional or at times a statutory official in several states of the United States. The position is the chief executive official for the state's ...
Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns. The exact duties of these agencies can vary widely and some are combined with or are part of a state's fish and wildlife management agency.
Pages in category "State departments of health of the United States" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Each state health agency initially followed local moves to create health departments in each state. Louisiana was the first state to create a state board of health in 1855, [10] but it functioned primarily to influence regulations in New Orleans. [11]
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health; The other three agencies are the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Administration for Children and Families, and Administration for Community Living. [2] [3] The Public Health Service also encompasses two staff offices: [2] [3] Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health [4] Office of ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the public health infrastructure as three components: workforce capacity and competency: the recruitment, continuing education, and retention of health professionals; organizational capacity: the consortium of public health agencies and laboratories, working with private and nonprofit organizations; and information and data systems: the ...
The origin of health officials from the states getting together to discuss matters of public health concern that spanned state boundaries is the organization and first meeting of the Sanitary Council of the Mississippi Valley in 1879, a meeting to address limiting the spread of yellow fever and cholera outbreaks. [2]
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule, [5] thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024. [ 6 ] Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Latino descent to hold the post.