Publications
Student Submission: Throwing Away Free Money
August 11, 2023 | Akshay Aluri, Medical Student Do you like free money? Everyone seems to except Alabama state legislators. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid to cover nearly all adults up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Line. As of today,...
Cool Green
Ariann Nassel, our Director of Geospatial Data Visualization, partnered with Cawaco RC&D Council and The Nature Conservancy in 2020 to develop Cool Green: Healthy Greening and Stormwater Opportunities for Jefferson County, Alabama. This web map application...
Policy Brief: Health implications of ARPA funding dedicated to on-site wastewater systems in the Black Belt area of Alabama
March 14, 2023 | Kimberly Randall, LHC Staff A number of Alabama residents, particularly in the Black Belt area, are unable to connect to centralized water and sewage utilities and instead rely on on-site sanitation systems, or septic tanks. These systems are costly,...
Policy Watch: Alabama Bill Looks to Decrease Correctional Incentive Time in State Prison System
March 6, 2023 | Kimberly Randall, LHC Staff As the 2023 Alabama Legislative Session begins on March 6 with Governor Ivey’s State of the State Address, dozens of bills have been pre-filed over the last few weeks. This year starts the first of a four-year term with new...
Policy Watch: Alabama Becomes First State to Enact Elder Abuse Registry
July 12, 2022 | Anantha Korrapati, LHC Student Intern & Kimberly Randall, LHC Program Manager Background Elder abuse is a prevalent issue in the United States and comes in various forms, such as physical harm, neglect or desertion, financial exploitation, and...
Policy Watch: Alabama legislature authorizes enhanced lead regulations
September 6, 2022 | Anantha Korrapati, LHC Intern Lead is a natural chemical commonly used in various products such as household paint (before 1978), gasoline (before 1995), and plumbing pipes and fixtures. However, it is a potent neurotoxin that harms people,...
Student Reflections from APHA 2022
The mission of the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy (LHC) is to connect and support those seeking to improve health outcomes through policy. A key aim in achieving pursuing our mission is to empower students to affect policy change. We support students’ growth in...
Policy Watch: The Impact of Eliminating Grocery Sales Tax
February 14, 2021 | Kimberly Randall, LHC Program Coordinator Background For almost two decades, Alabama policymakers have debated whether or not to remove the sales tax on groceries. Currently, sales tax on groceries accounts for nearly $500 million in state...
Policy Review: Birmingham Bus Rapid Transit System
May 16, 2022 | Anushree Gade, LHC Intern Introduction Public transit has emerged as a vital public service. Metropolitan cities across the world feature a multitude of rapid transit systems (subways, trams, buses, etc.). Such systems are also present in...
Policy Watch: Alabama Establishes Grant Program for Public Schools to Provide Feminine Hygeine Products to Students
April 6, 2022 | Kimberly Randall, Lister Hill Center Staff Background The purchase of menstruation products has historically caused financial hardship to a large percentage of the population, particularly individuals and families below the poverty line. In Alabama,...
Publication Information
Policy Watch: Policy Watch publications are modeled after a traditional white paper but contain plain-text, interdisciplinary analyses of active pieces of legislation or court cases that have potential outcomes on community health. These pieces include the background, text, impact, and trajectory of a particular policy initiative.
Policy Brief: Everything you need to know, all in one place. Policy briefs are a traditional form of civic engagement used to encapsulate broad, often complex, situations and create a one-page document that’s easy to read and distribute to policymakers and citizens alike.
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