Health Agencies Can Support Communities Suffering Mass Firearm Violence mass firearm violence, firearm injury prevention, crisis communications, behavioral health, suicide prevention, mass shootings, community engagement, national child ...
Public Health Preparedness ASTHO helps strengthens the nation's preparedness for emergencies by identifying and prioritizing the needs of state and territorial public health agencies. We forge partnerships with national, state, local, ...
Funding is one of the greatest challenges that public health departments face; ASTHO provides resources to most effectively utilize funding to meet the needs of jurisdictions.
Guidance and Perspectives From Leaders to Their Peers
Grants Management Office Structure Optimization Toolkit As part of its STAR Center services, ASTHO offers valuable technical assistance to state and territorial health agencies for enhancing grants management functions. This opportunity is ...
Public Health Infrastructure Grant The Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) is a groundbreaking investment that supports the critical public health infrastructure needs of health departments across the United States. ASTHO is one of ...
How the Washington State Department of Health worked with communities to amend rulemaking processes using a health equity lens to reduce disparities.
A Framework for Linking PRAMS with Administrative Data ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, prams frameworks, prams data, PRAMS, administrative data, data linkages, pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system ...
Overdose Prevention Policy Considerations: A Policy Playbook for State and Territorial Health Officials and Agencies overdose prevention, drug checking equipment, syringe services, health equity, reducing stigma, discriminatory policies, ...
ASTHO staff identified a range of evidence-supported policies considered by state legislatures that could prevent ACEs. This report synthesizes these research and policy proposals and is intended for public health practitioners and ...
This report highlights lessons learned about how to remain resilient in the face of complex disasters and environmental events, following two listening sessions hosted by ASTHO and the Environmental Council of the States.
State and territorial health agency health care-associated infection/antimicrobial-resistant programs play a critical role for spearheading prevention, detection, and outbreak response efforts in their communities. Support from agency ...
Managing an effective response to public drinking water emergencies is essential to maintaining critical operations of community infrastructure and protecting public health.
Through the lens of the Public Health Accreditation Board's standards and measures, this report explores innovative programs and policies implemented by health departments in an effort to adopt system-wide approaches to achieving ...
50-state legal scan of requirements for state health agencies to fund local health department core health services.
Sustaining DMI: A State Health Official’s Guide to Enhanced Funding Sustainable financing strategies for state health officials to support data modernization and Medicaid. What is the relationship between a state’s Medicaid program and its ...
Opioid Preparedness Exercise in a Box opioid use disorder, opioid prescriptions, opioid preparedness, state response protocol, inject inventory, shared language and actions, addiction treatment, opioid overdose, love u guys foundation, ...
Impacting Social Determinants of Health Through Managed Care Contracts astho, association of state and territorial health officials, state health, public health, public health officials, territorial health, social determinants of health, ...
ASTHO produced this guide to be applicable to state health departments seeking public health accreditation through Public Health Accreditation Board as well as to those developing a State Health Improvement Plan but are not seeking ...
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