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Addressing the Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Maternal and Infant Health

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Rural hospital closures exacerbate poor socioeconomic conditions, job loss, cost of health services, transportation times and barriers, and inequitable access to quality care, all of which contribute to unfavorable maternal and infant ...

What We Learned at the Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum

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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 ...

Men and Firearms: Proven Public Health Interventions to Curb Violence

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The recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, and elsewhere across the country, have drawn renewed attention to firearm violence as a major public health issue in our nation. It’s a particularly important issue to consider during Men’s ...

Jurisdictions Moving Many ASTHO Essential Tobacco Control Policies Forward

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Over the past several years, states and jurisdictions have continued to implement important policies to reduce tobacco and nicotine use, including increasing tobacco prices, expanding areas deemed “smoke-free,” limiting the sale of ...

Health Agency Innovations in Financing Maternal Mental Health

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, ...

Successes from the Suicide and Opioid Overdose Prevention Public Health Initiative

This brief analyzes the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to participation in the Suicide and Opioid Overdose Prevention Public Health Initiative.

Supporting Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This ASTHOBrief discusses how breastfeeding acts as a protective factor for maternal mental health, negative impacts of COVID-19 on breastfeeding and maternal mental health, state actions to improve maternal mental healthcare and lactation ...

Using Medicaid Datasets to Measure Tobacco Use: A Review

Tobacco use causes 480,000 premature deaths each year, making it the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. In collaboration with CDC, ASTHO is leading an effort to explore how states can use Medicaid data to quantify ...

Reducing Maternal Mortality, a Healthy People 2030 Leading Health Indicator

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

Building Public Health Leaders: Voices from Public Health AmeriCorps

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Voices from Public Health AmeriCorps (PHA) offer insights into the benefits gained at PHA and detail the program's experiential learning and professional development opportunities.

Reducing the Impact of Eating Disorders on Adolescent Girls

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Reducing the Impact of Eating Disorders on Adolescent Girls eating disorders, adolescent girls, youth mental health, school-based health systems, prevention strategies, bmi, social media usage, public health, health problems, united ...

Workforce Planning Tools: Frameworks That Enhance Workforce Well-Being and Retention

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An ASTHO blog that discusses workforce frameworks to inspire and sustain well-being with evidence-based guidance, policies, and structures.

States Aim to Improve Outcomes for People Experiencing Substance Use During Pregnancy

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In 2023 legislative sessions, states considered measures to improve access to care for pregnant people experiencing substance use disorder, increase provider knowledge of screening and treatment practices, coordinate care for conditions ...