State issued documents, such as birth certificates, are often required to navigate daily life. Vital records policy is a complex and evolving issue with many of the processes and procedures left to jurisdictional policy-makers.
This self-paced online training module was developed to address the short- and long-term health effects of climate change on vector-borne disease (VBD) transmission and infection patterns. The goal of this training is to provide geographic ...
Environmental Health Policy Guides Environmental health is concerned with how interactions between humans and their environments impact human health. The field emerged to protect people from chemical or biological threats in their ...
This online repository is a collection of resources, products, and event recordings that health officials can use to enhance communication efforts during a public health emergency.
ASTHO works to raise awareness about STI issues and needs, reduce stigma, establish and strengthen cross-sector partnerships, and promote infrastructure at the state level.
ASTHO works with state and territorial health agencies to promote healthy aging throughout the lifespan through programs tailored to each stage of life.
Braiding and Layering Funding to Address the Social Determinants of Health The social determinants of health (SDOH)—the social, economic, and built environments in which people live, learn, work, and play—have significant impacts on health ...
Community health workers are critical partners with public health agencies who bring a wealth of knowledge about their communities and invaluable trusted connections.
When Beatriz Vallejo, the disability and preparedness specialist in Puerto Rico, first joined the health agency, she took on planning a novel program to share knowledge and clarify each sectors’ roles and responsibilities during an ...
On this episode: public health on alert as the Ebola outbreak expands in Uganda; and David Lakey, MD (alumni-TX) tells us about lessons from 2014 when the Ebola virus made its way to Dallas, Texas.
In this podcast episode, experts offer perspectives on the value of cultivating partnerships between state public health agencies and state units on aging. In addition, officials from Georgia describe their collaboration to improve the ...
Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce Development discusses the debut of ASTHO’s new public health jobs website, publichealthcareers.org; an ASTHO blog article assesses Tennessee’s progress on Opioid Use Disorder throughout its ...
Dr. Laura Parajon, New Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of Health, reacts to the findings of the new PH WINS survey and tells us how we can begin to support and rebuild frontline teams; Dr. Jose Montero, Director of the Center for State, Tribal, ...
The ASTHO Speaker's Breau will connect interested parties with a state or territorial health official or a member of the ASTHO leadership team to speak at upcoming events.
Driving Organizational and Community Change: Social Mobilization and Managing Up Learn how to build those relationships and how to engage diverse partners and community groups, including faith-based organizations, in ongoing organizational ...
This webinar introduced the Pathways to Population Health Equity framework, which was developed in partnership with WE in the World and CDC.
This full supplement in American Journal of Public Health was sponsored by ASTHO and contains articles developed by ASTHO.
This brief highlights legislative actions that states are taking to remove financial burdens for women who struggle to afford period products and mitigate existing stigma.
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ASTHO provides capacity building and technical assistance to health agencies to build strong, evidence-based overdose and substance use prevention programs.