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Interagency Collaboration to Improve Business Processes in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Territories and Freely Associated States,
Population Health and Prevention,
Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Virgin Islands,
Blog,
Kristin Sullivan,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Business Process Improvement

A groundbreaking “all-of-government” approach is getting underway in the U.S. Virgin Islands to more efficiently manage and expend federal grant funding for social determinants of health and overall population health improvement. The ...

Navigating Public Health Planning with Precision and Purpose

Resource,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
National Public Health Performance Standards,
STAR Center,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Partnership,
Virgin Islands,
Colorado,
Minnesota,
Kansas,
Washington,
Hawaii

Navigating Public Health Planning with Precision and Purpose Discover examples and best practices for developing strategic plans that enhance community health outcomes. Embarking on the journey of public health planning demands more than ...

Including Island Areas in Federal Public Health Datasets

Report,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands

Collecting and sharing data are crucially important to improving health equity, because those datasets inform effective policymaking. Despite having some of the most challenging population health outcomes, the U.S. island areas are often ...

U.S. Virgin Island’s Federal Grant Planning and Set Up Process Improvement

Brief,
Infographic,
Virgin Islands,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Strategic Planning,
STAR Center,
Kristin Sullivan,
Colton Anderson

U.S. Virgin Island’s Federal Grant Planning and Set Up Process Improvement ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, u.s. virgin islands, grant management, federal grant planning, grant planning, workflow visibility, ...

Improving Indirect Cost Rate Use in Island Jurisdictions

Report,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Profile

Learn how increasing the use of indirect cost rates in the territories and freely associated states can help improve public health financing in these jurisdictions.

Prepping for Dual Disasters of COVID and Extreme Weather Events

Blog,
Environmental Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Preparedness,
COVID Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Pandemics,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Florida,
Puerto Rico,
Texas,
Virgin Islands,
Gerrit T. Bakker

2020 has been a year of unprecedented events, and the past few months have already shown that they do not exist in a vacuum. While the country continues to respond and cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, many extreme weather events have ...

How the U.S. Virgin Islands is Improving Federal Grants Management

Blog,
Funding,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Business Process Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Virgin Islands,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Kristin Sullivan

How the U.S. Virgin Islands is Improving Federal Grants Management astho, association of state and territorial health officials, public health, grant programs, grant management, overall health, health system, improving health, social ...

Sharing Island Stories on Health Equity: Setting the Stage for Equity in the Island Areas

Blog,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
Preparedness,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Alex Wheatley,
Julia Von Alexander,
Kelsey Donnellan,
Neyling Fajardo,
Operationalizing Equity,
Island Equity

In the spring of 2022, ASTHO’s island area members convened at the first island-focused COVID-19 Health Equity Action Institutes and asked each other what creating an equitable and sustainable public health and healthcare system looks like ...

A Blueprint for Establishing a Health Equity or Minority Health Office

Podcast,
Public Health Review,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Members,
California,
Virgin Islands,
Robert Johnson,
Justa Encarnacion,
Rohan Radhakrishn,
Veronica Halloway

A Blueprint for Establishing a Health Equity or Minority Health Office 30:38 minutes Learn how to form and manage an office of health equity or minority health, based on several firsthand experiences. Listen to the podcast episode now. ...

Overcoming Baked-In Inequities and Promoting Health Equity in the Island Areas

Blog,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID Resilience,
COVID and Workforce,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Alex Wheatley,
Julia Von Alexander,
Kelsey Donnellan,
Neyling Fajardo,
Island Areas 101,
Operationalizing Equity,
Island Equity

Many health equity frameworks have been built in the context of the states, as such, they do not always translate easily to the U.S. territories and freely associated states.

ASTHO Addresses Insular Areas Health Equity Through Federal Engagement

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Territorial Health Policy,
Carolyn McCoy,
Partnership,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
American Samoa,
Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Advocacy,
Washington Week

As the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, ASTHO is committed to the T in our name. The health officials from the territories and freely-associated states are valued members and we are committed to advocating for the ...