The Aligning Roles of Medicaid and Public Health
Medicaid and public health partnerships play an important role in advancing a statewide approach to addressing chronic disease and population health. Collaboration and shared priorities between ...
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Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies
ACEs,
This infographic highlights 10 high-level strategies to advance work in school behavioral health.
Tailoring Messages for Cross-Cultural Communication: Recommendations for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers
Case investigators and contact tracers must understand and adapt to the culture of people with COVID-19 to conduct effective interviews and follow up. It is important that case investigators ...
Understanding the Updated Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines
Blog,
HIV,
In December 2021, HRSA approved new and updated Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines, which will go into effect in 2023. The recent changes include a new guideline on obesity prevention for midlife ...
Risk-Appropriate Care Stakeholder Convenings
Summaries from stakeholder meetings about risk-appropriate care. These convenings were hosted by ASTHO, CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College ...
New ASTHO Report Outlines 10 Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health in Schools
New ASTHO Report Outlines 10 Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health in Schools ARLINGTON, VA—In light of the rising rates of teen depression and anxiety in the United States, today, the Association ...
Planning Approaches for Viral Hepatitis Elimination
This video outlines a six-step process that health agencies can use when planning for viral hepatitis elimination.
Supporting Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Opioid Use Disorder: An Infographic Series
OMNI,
This infographic series features topics including Plans of Safe Care, expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder for pregnant and postpartum women, and using family-centered programs to ...
Public Health and the Courtroom: How Health Officials Become Involved With Lawsuits
Ohio,
Utah,
As leaders of their state agency, state and territorial health officials can be named parties in lawsuits alleging that an action taken by a public health agency was unlawful. These officials are ...
Public Health’s Use of Digital Tools During COVID-19
In an effort to bolster COVID-19 response efforts, state and territorial health agencies looked to update or implement new digital tools and technologies. In response, ASTHO developed a COVID-19 ...
Beyond Opioids: Tobacco and Other Substance Use Among Pregnant Women
OMNI,
Perinatal substance use is a serious public health issue, resulting in detrimental and even life-threatening fetal outcomes, and it continues to grow.
Communicating Public Health Guidance to Cases and Contacts: Recommendations for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers
The fear, uncertainty, and trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have affected how individuals interpret public health messages. With this in mind, this brief outlines recommendations for case ...
Overcoming Common Barriers to Data Linkage
ASTHO, with support from CDC, launched the first cohort of the Linking Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and Clinical Outcomes Data Multi-Jurisdiction Learning Community in October 2021. ...
Strategies for Messaging About Cyanobacterial Blooms: Lessons From State Listening Sessions
PFAS,
Iowa,
This report contains lessons learned and examples of messaging strategies that were successful during cyanobacterial bloom responses, they were collected from 17 state health agency staff members ...