Vector-Borne Disease association of state and territorial health officials, astho, vector-borne disease, disease vectors, vector surveillance and control, vector-borne disease outbreaks, health agencies, insecticide resistance, threat of ...
Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers The nation's ability to quickly contain infectious disease outbreaks is more important than ever, and an expanded contact tracing workforce is critical for ...
Evidence-Based Public Health As part of ASTHO’s capacity building and technical assistance portfolio, the Chief Medical Officer and programmatic teams create evidence-based technical packages. ASTHO’s technical packages bring together ...
This brief discusses the difficulty of maintaining compassion and empathy during public health crises, which ultimately leads to a phenomenon called compassion fatigue.
For many individuals living with disabilities, inaccessible vaccination websites have been a significant barrier to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Recent studies have found that many vaccination websites do not reliably meet accessibility ...
In addition to PFAS exposure assessments, state and territorial health agencies may also consider the role of social stressors during the risk assessment process.
Hypertension during pregnancy is a serious health risk for mothers and infants—learn how states are supporting maternal and infant health in this brief.
This brief highlights four top takeaways from the experience of six public health agencies working to establish and strengthen their own performance management systems.
People who use electricity-dependent durable medical equipment (DME) at home—such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators—can face life-threatening consequences during a power outage. HHS reports that 2.7 million Medicare beneficiaries ...
ASTHO engaged Oklahoma public health officials, members of the Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance, Health Minds Policy Initiative, and representatives of the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board, and others in a Boundary Spanning Leadership ...
An issue brief by ASTHO and the Duke University Margolis Center for Health Policy that highlights considerations for state health officials as they look to maximize the benefits of COVID-19 therapeutics.
As schools work to stay open for in-person learning, it is essential to understand key recommendations related to COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools. CDC recommends that health department staff work closely with K-12 schools to ...
This brief highlights how the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Ohio Department of Health developed robust opioid overdose surveillance systems.
A meta-analysis study that compares the strength of the relationships between leadership styles and followers’ overall mental health.
This document from PHAB offers guidance to facilitate intentional planning efforts, including recruitment and retention resources.
This article explores key challenges for the public health workforce and examines how to transform them into opportunities for change.
Learn about Connecticut Dept. of Health’s experience with ASTHO’s PH-HERO program, addressing wellbeing & mental health in the workforce.
The National Framework for Addressing Burnout and Moral Injury in the Health and Public Safety Workforce from the HRSA.
A collection of micro-learnings and resources for building and cultivating resilience at the community, organizational, and personal level.
This assesses worker well-being across multiple spheres, such as quality of working life, personal life, and physical and mental health status.