Each video in this series focuses on a unique topic and features stories from ASTHO’s disability and preparedness specialists in the field. The videos demonstrate how they work to ensure information, testing, and COVID-19 vaccination sites ...
Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers The nation's ability to quickly contain infectious disease outbreaks is more important than ever, and an expanded contact tracing workforce is critical for ...
This brief discusses the difficulty of maintaining compassion and empathy during public health crises, which ultimately leads to a phenomenon called compassion fatigue.
For many individuals living with disabilities, inaccessible vaccination websites have been a significant barrier to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Recent studies have found that many vaccination websites do not reliably meet accessibility ...
An issue brief by ASTHO and the Duke University Margolis Center for Health Policy that highlights considerations for state health officials as they look to maximize the benefits of COVID-19 therapeutics.
As schools work to stay open for in-person learning, it is essential to understand key recommendations related to COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools. CDC recommends that health department staff work closely with K-12 schools to ...
This report analyzes the results from a survey of state and territorial health agency staff to collect information regarding health agency efforts to address climate change and extreme weather.
This guide is designed to help leaders prepare for and structure discussions on strategies to mitigate challenges to healthcare capacity during the 2023 fall and winter respiratory illness season.
This toolkit details structure and outcomes of ASTHO’s Vaccine Equity Project to help jurisdictions in their pursuit of vaccine equity.
San Diego Academic Health Partnership Strengthens Service During COVID-19 and Beyond San Diego Academic Health Partnership Strengthens Service Mayela Arana Learn how the Academic Health and Human Services Department in San Diego ...
States Reassessing Vaccine Policy and Public Health Powers Shalini Nair, Andy Baker-White Review of state policies to weaken vaccine requirements and reduce public health powers. Immunization is a key pillar of public health, crucial for ...
Improving Access to Health Care in the Pacific: Q&A with Patrick Abraham Patrick Abraham on How to Improve Health Care Access in the Remote Pacific access to healthcare, federated states of micronesia, underserved populations, health ...
Learn how state and territorial legislatures can bolster or restrict public health legal authority, with examples from early COVID-19 as well as 2024.
This post highlights three strategies health department leaders can explore to reduce staff stress and burnout in the office: quiet spaces, art on display, and allowing pets in the office.
As part of ASTHO’s Public Health - Hope, Equity, Resilience, and Opportunity initiative, we are using this post to highlight some acts of thanks for organization leaders and supervisors to consider.
Tips for public health leaders to improve crisis communications.
Partnering with Community Action Agencies Can Improve Trust in Vaccines astho, association of state and territorial health officials, association of state and territorial health officials astho, state health official, public health ...
Deaf people—especially sign language users—are one community that is often overlooked and forgotten in public health communications, which are almost always caused by miscommunication or exclusivity. COVID-19 has shined a light on these ...
Building a Culture of Care: Leadership in Public Health Agencies astho, association of state and territorial health officials, association of state and territorial health officials astho, state health official, public health official, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for an existing behavioral health resource—the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center’s Crisis Hotline—to become a household name. During the pandemic, the hotline became a lifeline for a ...