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The executive leaders of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing take a moment to collectively acknowledge the incredible efforts that public health workers have taken to address the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
A competitive bid has been announced to consult as a Disability and Preparedness Expert. Applications are also open for a Partnerships for Population Health Learning Opportunity. Check to see if these opportunities are a good fit for you or your organization.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a critical moment to address intimate partner violence as a major public health threat. Intimate partner violence associated with substance use disorders and mental health challenges. The risk for all of these outcomes has been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A guided training for leaders designed to provide health officials and their leadership teams with an overview of grants management.
Planners should include input from the pharmacy community when identifying areas for improvement, as well as best vaccination practices in advance of future public health emergencies.
This resource provides several tools assist health departments to assess existing administrative policies, identify and prioritize gaps, and apply a quality improvement lens to existing processes for administrative and operational policy development and review.
This issue brief compares vaccine efficacy, vaccine administration, possible side effects, and other key details for each vaccine.
Learn more about the ASTHO Challenge and how you can help play a major role in building healthy communities.
Looking for information and resources to aid your agency's COVID-19 efforts? Visit ASTHO's COVID-19 page to view resources on capacity, communication, contact tracing and disease intervention, recovery, resilience, and more.
A yearly initiative of ASTHO to improve population health through the work of state public health agencies.
Join your colleagues and participate in various discussion topics on my.ASTHO, ASTHO's collaboration and discussion platform. ASTHO members can access the platform here »
The Historic Opportunity COVID-19 Presents to Address Health Equity
The disparities experienced during the COVID pandemic have brought a national focus to health equity in our nation. The attention and resources currently being provided to help address health inequities provide an opportunity that I have never experienced in my public health career. There are still challenges, but we have an opportunity to build momentum for the first time in decades if we can focus on implementing evidence-based strategies, demonstrating change and documenting our progress.
Recent Federal Actions Spur Changes to Children's Blood Lead Level Screenings and Response
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy change and provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are significantly changing the landscape for reporting and reducing childhood lead poisoning. Read what states are doing in this week’s health policy update.
Interagency Collaboration to Improve Business Processes in the U.S. Virgin Islands
A groundbreaking “all-of-government” approach is getting underway in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) to more efficiently manage and expend federal grant funding for social determinants of health and overall population health improvement. The initiative follows findings that public health agencies encounter redundant, multi-layered review and approval processes that hamper their ability to efficiently procure needed goods and services that address long standing and emerging public health needs. Moreover, such processes hinder the ability to quickly stand up critical programs and respond to public health emergencies.
Dec 6, 2021 - Apr 30, 2022
Time varies by date