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Position Statements and Resolutions
Of the Minnesota Public Health Association 1974-2008

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

  • Principles on universal health care coverage
  • American heart Association physical and health education - resolution for endorsement

2003

  • Mercury in food as a human health hazard
  • Public health risks of PVC pipe
  • Traffic safety - resolution of endorsement

2002

  • Keep antibiotics working campaign
  • Antibiotic resistance and the overuse and misuse of antibiotics

2001

  • None

2000

  • None

1999

  • Mercury reduction to protect public health
  • Policy in support of University of Minnesota academic health center
  • Universal primary seat belt legislation
  • Community immunization registries
  • Support of using tobacco settlement funds to reduce tobacco use in Mn
  • Minor consent
  • Firearm injury prevention
  • Felony loophole in alcohol statute
  • Environmental tobacco smoke

1998

  • Reducing Youth Alcohol Use and Access
  • Opposing the Sale of Strong Beer, Wine and Distilled Spirits by Grocery and Convenience Stores as a Strategy to Reduce Youth Access to Alcohol...
  • In Support of Local control of Alcohol Ordinances to Reduce Alcohol Use and Access
  • Lowering the Blood Alcohol Concentrate (BAC) From .10% to .08%....
  • Position on Any Proposed Tobacco Settlement
  • In Support of Minimal provisions to the Included in a National Comprehensive Tobacco Policy
  • Policies to Reduce Illegal Tobacco Sales to Youth
  • In Support of Special State Appropriated Funding to Reduce the Overall Harm Caused by the Use of Tobacco Products in Minnesota
  • Limiting Purchasing of Handguns to a Maximum of One per Month.
  • Limiting Carrying Handguns in Public
  • Endorsement of the Health Care Without Harm Campaign Goals
  • PVC Purchasing Policy
  • Improving Health Care Coverage

1996

  • Public Health Financing

1995

  • Eliminating Cost Sharing for Preventative Care Services
  • Position Paper on Long Term Care Reform

1994

  • Air Quality
  • State and Local Public Health Agencies in Health Reform
  • Women's Health Care
  • Women's Health Research
1993
  • Support of Increased Tobacco Excise Tax
  • Response to Core Proposal Concerning Environmental Health
  • Tuberculosis Control Legislation
  • Position on the Cost Containment Plan of the Minnesota Health Care Commission
  • Position on the Integrated Service Network Act

1992

  • Human Service Budget Reductions
  • Family Violence
  • Health Care Reform
  • Mandatory HIV Testing of Health Care Workers
  • Licensing Commercial Tanning Facilities

1991

  • Resolution in Support of the Living at Home/Block Nurse Program
  • Model for Providing Long Term Care Services to the Elderly at Home
  • Resolution Regarding Service to Preschool Children with Handicaps
  • Responding: Social Violence Prevention (RSVP) Report of the Task
  • Force for the Prevention of Family Violence

1990

  • Prescription Writing Privileges: Certified Nurse Practitioners
  • Establishing a Nursing Scholarship Program
  • Resolution to Increase the Alcohol Excise Tax
  • A Resolution Urging the Minnesota Delegation in the Congress of the United States to Sponsor and to Support Measures to Expedite the Recycling of Plastics
  • Resolution to Maintain a Broad Spectrum of Mental Health Services
  • Resolution in Opposition to Proposed Legislation S.F. No. 1688
  • Minnesota Constitutional Amendment Guaranteeing Access to Health Care
  • Resolution Opposing Penalties for Minors Who Purchase Tobacco
  • Reduce Toxic Chemical Use
  • Resolution to Ban Fourteen Assault Weapons
  • Resolution to Improve Access to Prescription Medication
  • Prevention of Child Maltreatment
  • Position Paper on Universal Access to Efficient and Effective
  • Basic Health Services
  • Perinatal Substance Abuse
  • Adult Health Care Decisions
  • Tobacco Billboard Advertising
  • Access of Young People to Tobacco

1988

  • Position Statement on Prevention and Management of HIV Infection and AIDS
  • In Support of a Minnesota Health Plan

1987

  • School-Based Health Services and Clinics
  • Mandatory Premarital Testing for AIDS

1986

  • Smokeless Tobacco
  • Home Health Care Licensure
  • Health and Poverty
  • Community Public Health Role of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health

1985

  • Long Term Care
  • Groundwater
  • Comprehensive School Health Programs
  • Maternal Child and Health Federal Block Grants
  • Health Risks Related to Lead Exposure

1984

  • Health Risks and Infectious Diseases Associated with Child Day Care

1983

  • Occupational Health
  • Drinking Water Quality
  • Hazardous Waste Management
  • Infectious Diseases in Day Care
  • Family Planning Educational Aids
  • Smoke-Free Society
  • Infectious Diseases in Child Day Care

1982

  • Chronic Disease Risks
  • Environmental Hazards
  • Public Health Funding
  • Nuclear War
  • Professional Education
  • Acid Deposition

1981

  • Federal Block Grants
  • Accident Prevention

1980

  • Prevention
  • Home Care
  • Alternative Health Insurance
  • Minor's Rights
  • Community and Individual Rights
  • Environmental Health Cooperative Planning and Service Provision

1979

  • Home Health Agencies
  • Community Health Services
  • Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
  • Child and Family
  • Home Health Care
  • Energy Conservation
  • Criminal Penalties Related to the Use of Prescribed THC Among Cancer Patients

1978

  • The Planning and Provision of Preventive Health Services
  • Comprehensive School Health Education Program
  • Nutrition
  • Minors Consent
  • Reproductive Freedom
  • Anti-Laetrile
  • Continued Funding for Community Health Services
  • Drunk Driving

1977

  • Motorcycle Helmets
  • Prevention

1976

  • Environmental Health
  • Implementation of the Community Health Services Act
  • Catastrophic Health Insurance - Minnesota

1975

  • National Health Policy
  • Chemical Abuse and Dependency
  • Corrections Health Services
  • Long-Term Care
  • Clean Indoor Air Act
  • Venereal Disease Control

1974

  • Family Planning
  • Public Health Nursing
  • Marijuana Reform



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