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DESCRIPTION:Program: APHA Student Assembly Session: Socioeconomic Factors 
 and Health Outcomes Author: Debbie Humphries See all authors and presente
 rs → Abstract Background Eight states have passed legislation to codify u
 niversal school meal programs among all public schools. These programs pr
 ovide free school breakfasts and lunches to all students. A strong link e
 xists between children’s mental health outcomes and the presence of subsi
 dized school meal programs\, and this study analyzes the differences in a
 nnual spending on mental health agencies per capita between states that h
 ave passed universal school meal programs and states that have the highes
 t prevalence of very low food secure households. Methods This study utili
 zes data from public resources to identify the 8 states that have passed 
 legislation to codify universal school meal programs and the 8 states wit
 h the highest prevalence of very low food security (n = 16 states). We us
 e data on 2023 state population counts and 2023 state spending on mental 
 health agencies to outline the per capita spending on mental health agenc
 ies in each state. Results The data analysis is still underway\, but prel
 iminary findings reveal that states with the highest prevalence of very l
 ow food security tend to spend less on mental health agencies per capita 
 than states that have passed universal school meal programs. Conclusions 
 This study reveals a critical gap in the literature to compare state spen
 ding priorities between states that invest in preventative health program
 s for children and those that do not. By better understanding the correla
 tion between preventative health spending and per capita state budget all
 ocations\, the public health community can more accurately advocate for i
 mpactful and cost-effective state-level programming.\n\nSpeaker:\nDebbie 
 Humphries\n\nAdmission:\nRegistrationFees: APHA Event Registration is Req
 uired\n\nDetails URL:\nhttps://medicine.yale.edu/event/universal-school-m
 eal-programs-lens-into-mental-health-agency-spending/\n
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SUMMARY:2016.0 - State-level universal school meal programs as a lens into
  mental health agency spending in the United States: A descriptive analys
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