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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 ...
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]
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 .
Foothold Technology analyzed resources from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, and KFF, as well as plans from state health departments, to illustrate how states are implementing ...
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 .
Idaho health department spokesperson AJ McWhorter declined to comment on “public health district business,” but noted that COVID-19 vaccines are still available at community health centers for ...
Department of Health and Social Services (Wales) [1] United States Department of Health and Human Services (All U.S. states and territories have a state health agency .) Alabama Department of Public Health
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]