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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.
Competitive bids have been announced to consult for the ASTHO STAR Center, as well as a breastfeeding innovations opportunity that is open to previous grant winners. 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.
An introductory presentation 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 »
Courts Considering Challenges to States Blocking School Mask Requirements
Recent state laws and governor emergency orders prohibiting universal school mask protocols are complicating the implementation of CDC’s evidence-based guidance for COVID-19 mitigation measures for in-person school. Ten states have enacted laws (Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah) or issued executive orders (Florida, Tennessee, and Texas) to limit or prohibit issuing universal face mask protocols for schools and in eight of these states the law or order now faces a legal challenge.
ASTHO and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing Address Public Health Workers
Member Spotlight: Tomás J. Aragón
Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH serves as the director of the California Department of Public Health and the State Public Health Officer, since January 4, 2021. Prior to coming to CDPH, he was the health officer for the City and County of San Francisco and director of the public health division. In this post we discuss how COVID has impacted the Latino community.
Nov 15, 2021
2-3 p.m. ET
Nov 18, 2021
4 p.m. ET