The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy change and provisions in the Infrastructure ...
While the Biden Administration and Congress have no shortage of immediate health issues to focus on, improving maternal health outcomes—particularly Black maternal morbidity and mortality—have become a priority for federal lawmakers. To ...
Joan Alker, of Georgetown University, discusses how state health officials can work with their Medicaid programs to improve overall health.
State Legislatures Moving to Increase Rural Health Care Access How States Are Incentivizing Health Care Providers to Practice in Rural Areas Lana McKinney Hospital closures and fewer care options in rural areas cause worse health outcomes ...
In this episode of Public Health Review learn how different states maximize federal and state programs for improved housing, transportation, and other social determinants of health.
This episode highlights the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic and discusses ways to reduce climbing obesity rates by increasing access to healthy foods and promoting physical activity through community planning and changes to the built ...
Telehealth plays a unique role in addressing access to care issues in rural and remote areas. This episode explores successful programs developed by the Eastern Aleutian Tribes and Alaska Department of Health and Human Services that serve ...
This webinar discusses state and community-level interventions to bridge the digital divide in healthcare and improve access to digital services for marginalized communities. The panel of expert speakers emphasized the importance of ...
This brief focuses on how telehealth expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased access to care for pregnant and postpartum women, and made maternal and child health care services like doulas and midwives more accessible.
Hypertension disorders in pregnancy are the leading cause of maternal death, but state and territorial health agencies can address hypertension in pregnancy and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
Opportunities for Public Health Agencies to Advance Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Programs Advancing Sustainable Financing of Community Health Workers Explore how health officials can play key roles as funders, ...
Insurer-sponsored community health worker programs can address health plan members' SDOH needs. Learn how, from literature scan and focus group interview results.
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Primary care practitioners are important allies for public health agencies, and ASTHO provides a portfolio of resources to help reinforce that critical relationship.
This ASTHOReport builds on a 2020 document and reflects the current state and federal landscape regarding disruptions, shares updated recommendations on strategies states might use to mitigate risks to patients affected by a disruption, ...
DELPH scholars discuss the important role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the public health workforce, the need for support, recognition, and investment in their development, and the importance of sustainable funding for CHW programs ...
In the current legislative cycle, there are several policy strategies that support the development and integration of community health workers into the public health workforce, including dedicated federal funding and state laws supporting ...
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Colleen Arceneaux and Jantz Malbrue from the Louisiana Department of Health to discuss why forgoing community health worker certification was the right course of action for their state.
In-depth analysis on state health policy surrounding health equity. This is part of ASTHO's annual legislative prospectus series.