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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Endorsement -- About the Author -- About the Contributors -- Chapter 1: Health Disparities: What Are "Health Disparities"? Why Do We Care? Should We Care? -- Introduction -- Public Health and Politics -- Becoming the Chief Health Strategist -- Advocacy -- Coalition Building -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: "The More You Know, the Further You'll Go" or What Do Legislators Know About Health Disparities and What Does This Mean for Public Health Advocates? -- Notes in the Field -- References -- Chapter 3: How to Get Your Legislator's Attention -- Introduction -- Building Relationships and Political Capital -- Building Relationships -- Building Political Capital -- The Anatomy of the Ask -- Decide What the Specific Ask Is -- Do Your Homework -- Effective Messaging -- The One-Pager or "Leave-Behind" Document -- Get on Their Schedule -- Perfect Your Elevator Speech -- Follow-Up, Follow-Up, Follow-Up -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: If at First You Don't Succeed… -- The Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts' Legislative Priorities in the 2017-2018 Legislative Agenda -- Our 2017-2018 Legislative Successes Included: -- Best Practices for Legislative Advocacy -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A: Interview Questions for Legislators -- Index.

In November of last year, former Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division released the findings of an investigation of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC). They found several violations of prisoner' constitutionals rights for mental health cases under the Eighth Amendment. The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments for criminal defendants. The findings reveal a lack of structured mental health care for MDOC prisoners, untrained employees, and unnecessary abuse of restrictive housing for prisoners designated under a mental health watch program.

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The purpose of this research study was to investigate the moral and legal issues around physically restraining students in Massachusetts public schools. As Massachusetts law is written, the use of restraints on a student should be the last possible resort. However, this thesis used data on restraint use from the Massachusetts Department of Education and a survey of school administrators to gain a better understanding of the 38,994 student restraints that were used in 2016-2017 school year. Findings of this study include that Hispanic and African-American students were more likely to attend schools that used restraints than those that did not. Also, students who were classified as high-needs, economically disadvantaged and disabled were more likely to attend schools that used restraints than schools that did not.

In July, 2011, Massachusetts enacted a municipal health insurance reform law. In Massachusetts each city and town negotiates and contracts for health benefits separately, while state employees are insured through the state Group Insurance Commission. Facing exorbitant health care costs and decreased revenues, some municipalities had resorted to laying off employees and diverting funds earmarked for public services in order to pay for health benefits. The purpose of the legislation is to provide municipalities with the tools to effectively manage escalating health care costs.

The general health care disparities among incarcerated women are vast, although when women are imprisoned, they gain a constitutional right to health care that doesn't exist outside of prison. However, no federal government body has established national standards for medical care in prisons. This research project serves as a public health policy memo to the Bureau of Child, Adolescent, and Family Health of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) recommending accreditation standards for county and state correctional facilities for women.

AbstractMedicaid managed care experience in Massachusetts indicates that costs can be contained without harmful effects, but future developments will still need careful monitoring.

Complemented by (work): Massachusetts child and youth serving programs reopen approach: Minimum Requirements for Health and Safety

February 2005 marks the centenary of one of the most important pieces of public health jurisprudence, the US Supreme Court case of Jacobson v Massachusetts, which upheld the authority of states to pass compulsory vaccination laws. The Court's decision articulated the view that the freedom of the individual must sometimes be subordinated to the common welfare.

The general health care disparities among incarcerated women are vast, although when women are imprisoned, they gain a constitutional right to health care that doesn't exist outside of prison. However, no federal government body has established national standards for medical care in prisons. This research project serves as a public health policy memo to the Bureau of Child, Adolescent, and Family Health of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) recommending accreditation standards for county and state correctional facilities for women. ; https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/community_of_scholars_posters/1054/thumbnail.jpg