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Meet ASTHO's new Chief Medical Officer, Susan Kansagra, and learn about her public health priorities in this blog post.

This training is designed to be used with the ASTHO Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit: Supporting the Public Health Response in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health to “role play” or practice what you learned about screening, referring, and ...

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

Promoting Mental Well-Being is a Vital Part of Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Caitlin Langhorne Griffith, Ali Maffey Suicide prevention efforts aren't comprehensive without promoting mental well-being. Each year, there are nearly ...

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 eating disorders, adolescent girls, youth mental health, school-based health systems, prevention strategies, bmi, social media usage, public health, health problems, united ...

Strategic federal legislative efforts to stem the U.S. fentanyl crisis.

Palau's health ministry collaborated with its community to design indicators to better measure health equity in their jurisdiction.

Learn about efforts in New York and Florida to prevent the spread of congenital syphilis.

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

This post explores the importance of including maternal and child health considerations in infectious disease emergency preparedness and response in states, territories, and freely associated states.

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 ...

Jonathan Mermin of CDC discusses how using a syndemic approach could help health departments to address rising STI rates more effectively

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 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 ...

Rural communities are developing tailored, self-determined solutions to their unique challenges, including directing investments into community health worker programs that reduce disparities.

States and territories can reduce adverse childhood experiences through evidence-based primary prevention strategies designed to reduce risk factors.

While the COVID-19 response has strained tobacco prevention and control efforts, the pandemic has afforded health officials unique opportunities to retool their tobacco prevention response. This brief spotlights new findings on tobacco use ...

This brief outlines key considerations for state health departments to address the increase in overdose-related deaths during the postpartum period.

The unintended consequences of substance use disorder policies can be significant for women and families impacted by substance use disorders (SUD).