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Susan Tharpe, the ASTHO disability and preparedness specialist placed in the Georgia Department of Public Health, discusses the importance of partnering with the Autism community on emergency preparedness.

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated and kept public health top of mind world-wide. One issue highlighted by the pandemic that has been keenly felt in New York State and Rhode Island is housing policy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of we go about preparing and responding to public health threats. In collaboration with CDC, ASTHO embarked on an initiative to identify effective resources, policies, and model practices ...

Food insecurity is a pervasive barrier to the health and well-being of many differing vulnerable populations in the United States, including minority populations and rural communities.

This video post highlights the Colorado National Collaborative, an innovative collaborative framework that is improving suicide and overdose prevention efforts in Colorado, and how a similar approach might benefit other jurisdictions.

This blog shares key takeaways from the first Island Areas COVID-19 Health Equity Action Institutes.

Strategies to Operationalize Health Equity in State and Territorial Health Departments article yes

Public health agencies have an opportunity to recruit for and retain a diverse and skilled workforce. As new funding opportunities emerge ASTHO recommends a focus on proof, people, and processes.

This AJPH article shares the results of a survey and showcases how state and territorial health agencies struggle to meet the mounting challenge of climate change.

On Sept. 28, 2022 ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser, PhD, attended the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, a unique convening of advocates, lawmakers, and experts to end hunger, improve nutrition and physical activity, and ...

On July 27, 2022, Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, joined ASTHO as a senior executive consultant. Alexander-Scott is a former Rhode Island Department of Health Director and former ASTHO President, she will support states and territories ...

On July 27, 2022, public health leaders will convene to advance health equity and address structural racism at ASTHO's Health Equity Summit.

This brief from ASTHO discusses the results of standing up virtual and hybrid emergency operations centers during the covid-19 pandemic.

PublicHealthCareers.org is dedicated to promoting careers and jobs in U.S. state and territorial governmental public health agencies.

States have identified different strategies to implement healthy eating approaches and reduce obesity at the school and community levels, as well as through food labeling at grocery stores and food markets.

ASTHO spoke with Denise Octavia Smith, the inaugural executive director of the National Association of Community Health Workers, about the critical work community health workers are doing and her roadmap to sustaining the current wave of ...

A public health approach is needed to address youth mental health by supporting frontline staff through a “helping the helpers” model. In this episode, experts discuss strategies and promising state practices for cross-sector ...

Learn about how Louisiana’s perinatal quality collaborative is caring for pregnant and postpartum people with substance use disorder by reducing stigma and radical collaboration.

Letter to the White House Requesting Funding For a National Monkeypox Response Demetre Daskalakis, MD National Monkeypox Response Deputy Coordinator The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Dr. Daskalakis: In ...

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