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Most Americans are not prepared to adequately respond to a public health crisis and many who think they are prepared really aren't.
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States are essential players in disseminating evidence-based practices and policies that can lead to better health care for their citizens.
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California officials have learned much in recent years about how to provide health insurance for children.
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Policies to reduce uninsurance and expand community health center capacity should increase access to care for low-income people, as measured by having a usual source of care and an ambulatory care visit in the past year.
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For Colorado, it was several major snowstorms in a relatively short period of time; while for Rhode Island, it was the death of an elementary school student from encephalitis.
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A survey commissioned by the American Public Health Association (APHA) indicates a low-level of preparedness among Americans for a natural or medical disaster or terrorist attack.
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A pilot Express Lane Eligibility program implemented in the 2003-04 school year allowed families to apply for California's Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs at the same time as the National School Lunch Program, which has similar income eligibility requirements.
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The innovative Children's Health Initiative in Santa Clara, CA, has been shown to increase children's access to and use of medical and dental care and to improve their health status.
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The mass shootings at Virginia Tech in April fueled the national debate over gun control, and physicians treating those killed and injured in the rampage expressed shock at the extent of the violence.
