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Looking for more materials 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.
Use this ACEs Framework tool to intervene using systems levers to prevent and address ACEs by providing safe, stable, nurturing environments for children.
Additional opportunities include applications for Learning Communities, cohorts, and funding.
ASTHO launched the latest Profile of State and Territorial Public Health, now featuring an interactive dashboard. View aggregate and individual public health agency data to explore current trends in agency activities, structure, workforce, and financial resources.
Do you want to learn about contact tracing? This entry-level e-learning opportunity provides a foundation in contact tracing over the course of four lessons. The material includes how to identify, assess, and manage people who have been exposed to the infection.
Learn more about the ASTHO Challenge and how you can help play a major role in building healthy communities.
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 »
States Consider Expanding Scope of Flu Vaccines
The 2019-2020 flu season had approximately 5 million fewer illnesses than the previous year. Thanks to COVID-19 mitigation efforts like social distancing and increased handwashing—coupled with a higher rate of flu vaccinations among the public this year—this all likely led to a milder end to the 2019-2020 flu season and start of the 2020-2021 flu season. Although there were fewer flu illnesses overall last year, the rates of infection, hospitalization, and death were more severe for children aged 0-4. There were 80 deaths of children under the age of 5 last season, however due to underreporting the CDC estimates that as many as 254 children under age 5 died over the course of the 2019-2020 season.
What ASTHO Expects from the Incoming Biden Administration
As the country prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Wednesday, the incoming administration has highlighted several priorities over the next four years. Below is a summary of priorities that are closely aligned with the work and interests of state and territorial public health, including continued COVID-19 recovery and response, racial equity, and climate change.
ASTHO’s Public Health Resolutions for 2021
Every year, ASTHO performs an annual environmental scan to identify these policy and programmatic priorities. The most recent scan occurred from June 2019 to May 2020. Through ongoing collection of data from a variety of sources—including state and territorial health improvement plans and strategic plans, documentation of discussion topics from ASTHO’s weekly calls with state and territorial health officials (S/THOs), requests for technical assistance that ASTHO receives from S/THOs and agency staff, and subject matter expert input on trends and issues emerging in the field—ASTHO accumulated a catalogue of issues facing S/THAs and identified those most commonly experienced among jurisdictions over the year. These priorities will be ASTHO’s “2021 resolutions” as we enter a new year. Read more about these priorities below.