This report focuses on promising strategies in four different policy areas to address rising congenital syphilis rates. While no single policy solution will address the structural challenges to diagnosing and treating syphilis among people ...
Two reports explore opportunities for improved public health action through immunization data sharing with health information exchanges, in addition to the broader legal landscape of public health data.
Closing remarks by ASTHO’s senior vice president of health initiatives, Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, at the 2023 Health Equity Summit.
Many states have experienced considerable challenges in recruiting and retaining HAI/AR staff, in this interview, public health officials from Kansas discuss their successes and lessons.
There are innovative opportunities to provide high-quality contraceptive care on college campuses, while also reducing stigma to reproductive health and engaging a new generation of public health advocates.
The epidemic of firearm-related injury and death in the United States has become a critical public health and safety concern that affects everyone.
March 24 is World TB Day, we have made significant progress in TB prevention, detection, and treatment. However, there is still a long way to go towards achieving TB elimination.
Restrictions on flavored tobacco and nicotine products, including menthol, may reduce sales and reduce the number of new users.
Continuing Education Continuing education opportunities at the ASTHO Health Equity Summit Instructions for Obtaining CME, CHES, MCHES Credits ASTHO is offering free Continuing Medical Education (CME), Certified Health Education Specialist ...
Testimonials Interested in conducting a Boundary Spanning Leadership workshop with ASTHO? Here’s what previous participants had to say about their experience. website
ASTHO Statement on President’s FY24 Budget Proposal ASTHO Statement on President Biden’s FY24 Budget Proposal ARLINGTON, VA—Michael Fraser, PhD, chief executive officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), ...
Dr. Brian Castrucci, CEO and President of the de Beaumont Foundation, talks about data that shows public health is on track to lose 130,000 people by 2025; an ASTHO blog article discusses how colonialism, military presence, and political ...
The Fostering Breastfeeding Equity Through Community Engagement webinar series emphasizes the importance of community engagement when developing policies.
Andy Baker-White, JD, MPH Andy Baker-White brings over 20 years of legal and public health experience to ASTHO. He currently serves as senior director of state health policy. In this role, Baker-White supports state and territorial health ...
Meredith Allen, DrPH, MS Meredith Allen, DrPH, MS, is the vice president of health security at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). Allen directs the programmatic designed to address environmental health, ...
An ASTHO brief on the importance of understanding moral injury and burnout, with recommendations on areas of organizational focus.
This Adverse Childhood Experiences Capacity Assessment Tool (ACECAT) roadmap provides concrete steps to completing the ACECAT asynchronously and helps health agencies identify opportunities to work on this public health issue to maximize ...
The OD2A Health Equity Needs Assessment is designed to assess the support, technical assistance, and training that state, local, and territorial health agencies need to move health equity forward within their OD2A programs.
On April 12, 2023, ASTHO released a statement applauding the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s announcement designating fentanyl adulterated or associated with xylazine as an emerging drug threat to the United States.
On March 23, 2023, ASTHO President Anne Zink testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.