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Top Louisiana Health Official Outlines Six Requests for Congress to Prevent Crumbling of National Public Health Infrastructure

News,
ASTHO Member News,
Public Health News,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Advocacy,
Joseph Kanter,
News Release,
Louisiana

On Sept. 29, 2021, Louisiana’s top public health official, and ASTHO member, Joseph M. Kanter, MD, MPH testified to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on the need to upgrade and strengthen public health infrastructure in the ...

What We Learned at the Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum

Blog,
Population Health and Prevention,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Leadership Development,
Public Health Workforce,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations

What We Learned at the Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum ASTHO | Our staff's top takeaways from the TechXpo. astho, association of state and territorial health officials, public health techxpo and futures forum, public health ...

Centralizing Grant Management Functions: Puerto Rico’s Work and Vision

Blog,
People of Public Health,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Preparedness,
Puerto Rico,
Kristin Sullivan,
Lourdes Romero Reyes,
Brenda Castro Voltaggio

Lourdes Romero Reyes and Brenda Castro Voltaggio of the Puerto Rico Department of Health discuss the Public Health Infrastructure Grant Program and ASTHO's Management Office Optimization Toolkit.

In Case You Missed It: 10 Headlines from ASTHO’s Public Health TechXpo

Blog,
ASTHO Events,
Members,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Social Determinants of Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Funding,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID and Telehealth,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Data Modernization,
Alaska,
Tennessee,
Washington,
Wisconsin,
Dylan Reynolds

A quick rundown of sessions and speakers at the 2022 ASTHO Public Health TechXpo.

ASTHO’s Most Used Resources of 2021

News,
ASTHO News,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Workforce,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
Preparedness,
Emergency Powers,
Pandemics,
Policy,
Public Health Law,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Overdose Prevention,
Blog,
Leadership Development,
Public Health Workforce,
Dylan Reynolds

ASTHO's mission is to support, equip, and advocate for state and territorial health officials in their work of advancing the public's health and well-being. To that end, here are the 12 most popular resources our members, partners, ...

Health Agency Innovations in Financing Maternal Mental Health

Brief,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Funding,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Maine,
North Carolina,
North Dakota

The high rates and cost of maternal mental health disorders coupled with near-universal Medicaid coverage during pregnancy creates enormous potential for innovations in payment and coverage structures to improve maternal mental health, ...

Environmental Health Innovations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brief,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Alaska,
Hawaii,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
South Carolina,
Virginia,
Series,
Public Health Transformation

In 2021, ASTHO convened state environmental health directors and directors of public health preparedness to discuss innovations developed during the COVID-19 pandemic such as virtual inspections. This ASTHOBrief explores how state health ...

10 Essential Questions for Disability Inclusion in Health Agencies

Brief,
Infographic,
Health Equity,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Elimination of Disparities,
Accreditation,
Disability Inclusion

This infographic serves as a tool to foster conversations in health agencies around planning programs, policies, and activities to better serve individuals with disabilities. Available in English and Spanish.

Reducing Maternal Mortality, a Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicator

Blog,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Healthy People 2030,
Health Equity,
Corinne Gillenwater

ASTHO develops resources and facilitates learning communities to help health officials reduce maternal mortality, a Healthy People 2030 leading health indicator.

Advancing Preparedness for Life Support Users During Power Outages

Preparedness,
Louisiana,
Report,
Natural Disasters,
Health Equity,
Disability Inclusion,
Elimination of Disparities,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships

This report provides guidance on boosting power outage support for people who use life support and other durable medical equipment devices.

Framing Health in All Policies: Terms That Resonate

Report,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Race and Public Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
California,
Delaware,
Idaho,
Kansas,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Nevada,
New York,
North Carolina,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Health in All Policies

Health in All Policies can be a successful strategy to expand collaboration between state and territorial agencies and other partners, but the terminology used in programs focused on these efforts can differ. While equity is often a ...

Partner Coordination Efforts to Strengthen Infection Prevention and Control Practices

Report,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
Antimicrobial Resistance,
Healthcare-Associated Infections,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Quality Improvement,
Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Florida,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
South Carolina,
Washington

This report highlights examples of health department partnership coordination strategies to enhance surveillance, increase resource and staffing capacity, and improve communication and collaboration in order to strengthen infection ...

Best Practices to Leverage Partnerships to Support Health Equity: An Implementation Cheat Sheet

Resource,
Health Equity,
Partnership,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Community Health Workers,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce

Best Practices to Leverage Partnerships to Support Health Equity: An Implementation Cheat Sheet This resource provides guidance for forging strong partnerships between public health agencies and the private sector, and illustrates the ...

Navigating Public Health Planning with Precision and Purpose

Resource,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
National Public Health Performance Standards,
STAR Center,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Partnership,
Virgin Islands,
Colorado,
Minnesota,
Kansas,
Washington,
Hawaii

Navigating Public Health Planning with Precision and Purpose Discover examples and best practices for developing strategic plans that enhance community health outcomes. Embarking on the journey of public health planning demands more than ...