ASTHO sat down with Rich Hamburg to discuss Safe States Alliance’s reinvigorated mission to strengthen the practice of injury and violence prevention, and opportunities for public health leaders to ...
Larry Wolk, chief medical officer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, discusses misconceptions surrounding the health impacts of e-cigarettes, encouraging regulatory actions, ...
The he OSDH Tribal Cessation Workgroup is the result of a partnership between the Chickasaw Nation and the Oklahoma State Health Department, the goal is to advance tobacco cessation efforts.
To learn more about successful approaches to identifying and treating neonatal abstinence syndrome, ASTHO spoke to Bonny Whalen, MD, newborn pediatrician and newborn nursery medical director at the ...
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is tackling childhood obesity through Community Health Opportunities Organized with Schools at the Epicenter (CHOOSE), a multi-partner and multi-level ...
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.
State health agencies have a long history of using evidence-based public health approaches to increase colorectal cancer screening rates and partnering with health systems and other national ...
Larry Cohen discusses his leadership, how to maximize the value of prevention work to breakdown silos and better support communities, what excites him most about the current generation of public ...
Take Back Day is a nationwide event designed by DEA to encourage communities to dispose of and destroy expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. These programs have proliferated at the state ...
Four ways the Oregon Health Authority has benefited from aligning its opioid and accreditation-related efforts.
As 2018 draws to a close, members of the ASTHO leadership team reflect on successes from the past year and share what they hope to accomplish next.
Looking to the future, states are improving access to care, providing subsidies for tuition costs, expanding hours of licensed facilities, increasing access, and meeting the needs of both parents and ...
Scott Becker, executive director of APHL, discusses initiatives and collaborations to help improve newborn screening, as well as the work ASTHO is doing to promote this vital work among state and ...
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An ASTHO blog article about the importance of resiliency in the workplace, pertaining to leadership and organizational work environment.
Ensuring access to competent primary care is an essential function of state and territorial health agencies. Research findings indicate that access to regular primary care is associated with higher ...
Continuing ASTHO’s Legislative Prospectus series—which highlights the top 10 public health policy issues for 2022—we are focusing this week on mental and behavioral health as well as supporting the ...
State and territorial health agencies continue to be challenged by the opioid epidemic, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the opioid crisis requires a robust public ...
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century, as well as some of the most powerful and cost-effective tools to prevent disease, disparities, disability, and death ...
Amid so much uncertainty, it might feel naïve to make any claims about what the future holds. But it is in these moments that it becomes more important than ever to have beacons to guide us and ...