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Improving Indirect Cost Rate Use in Island Jurisdictions

Report,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
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.

Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
Tribal Health,
Emergency Powers,
State Health Policy,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Alabama,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Washington, D.C.,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Marshall Islands,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Palau,
Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virgin Islands,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are ...

Public Health Confronts the Mosquito: Special Considerations for United States Territories and Freely Associated States

Report,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Vector-Borne Disease,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands

This report aims to highlight the unique vector-borne disease challenges faced by Island Areas and to dive into the key components of a mosquito control program, that are relevant to these unique ...

Jurisdictions Using Policy to Address Unique Island Area Health Challenges

Health Policy Update,
Climate and Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Elimination of Disparities,
Social Determinants of Health,
COVID-19,
Territorial Health Policy,
Natural Disasters,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Beth Giambrone,
Parker Beene

ASTHO has several members from the territories and Freely Associated States—jurisdictions with unique challenges, and do not fall under the category of a state or federal district. This post is a ...

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 ...

Health Equity Policy Toolkit

Toolkit,
Social Determinants of Health,
State Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territorial Health Policy,
Public Health Law,
Elimination of Disparities,
Race and Public Health,
Tribal Health,
American Samoa,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Illinois,
Marshall Islands,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
North Dakota,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Puerto Rico,
Texas,
Vermont,
Virgin Islands,
Washington, D.C.,
Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge,
ASTHO Communications

This toolkit is designed to support public health leaders in leveraging the policy development process to achieve health equity in their jurisdiction.

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

Blog,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
Preparedness,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
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 ...

Leveraging the SPACECAT: An Island Areas Resource

Report,
Mental Health,
Overdose Prevention,
Suicide Prevention,
ACEs,
Infant and Child Health,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Jessica Bissett,
Caitlin Langhorne Griffith,
Youth Mental Health

This ASTHOReport provides an overview of the SPACECAT regional data for island areas, paired with foundational first steps to improve capacity in key opportunities for growth.

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

Blog,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID Resilience,
COVID and Workforce,
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.