COVID-19 Research Guide: Health Policy and Post-pandemic Planning

AANP is closely tracking the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be updating this page with federal and state policy resources.

Cases and deaths
Cases and deaths (trend data)
Adopted social distancing measures
Health policy actions to reduce barriers to COVID-19 testing and treatment
Additional state-level data related to COVID-19, including testing and provider capacity

Database of laws that countries have implemented in response to the pandemic

"The tool evaluates the impact of different social-distancing interventions (by varying their intensity and timing) on reduction in the spread of coronavirus in 50 states and District of Columbia. The information presented can help policymakers understand consequences such as the rate of new cases, potential strain on the healthcare system, and projected deaths."

Tracking who is providing services, what services, where, and for whom.

"cross-sport risk assessment guide that sets out how various sport and recreation activities can be enjoyed while minimizing transmission or contraction of COVID-19."

White Paper

Resources for Research, Practice, and Teaching

"discusses the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s
application to digital contact tracing and briefly discusses other federal laws that regulate data privacy."

"contains recommendations for a U.S. Federal response as well as steps and resources for stakeholders across the health care ecosytem."

"independent, global, inter-disciplinary, non-partisan group of policy-makers, scholars, scientists, strategists and others convened to think through the wide range of issues and crises associated with the Covid-19 pandemic."