Strengthening Risk-Appropriate Care in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
This ASTHOBrief addresses the importance of developing robust, culturally competent risk-appropriate care systems for American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
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Disability and Crisis Standards of Care in the Age of COVID-19
With Omicron surges pushing jurisdictions to activate protocols for providing healthcare during crisis, it is important to incorporate disability inclusion into these crisis standards of care.
Prevention for the Next Generation: Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences, Suicide, and Overdose
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With the pandemic upending social interaction, youth mental health is an increasingly important issue. This episode explores why understanding the intersection of suicide, overdose, and ACEs is critical to helping individuals live happy ...
The Health Equity Divide: Chronic Disease and COVID-19
People with chronic diseases have suffered the most during the pandemic both in rates of COVID-19 mortality and morbidity, and the health disparities that exist in those with chronic disease and poor social determinants of health are ...
Building Community Resilience to Help Families Bounce Forward
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected children’s and families’ social, emotional, and mental well-being, and demand for social services has increased due to COVID-19-related and economic factors. The speakers on this episode explain how ...
Health Equity Approaches to Preventing Heart Disease and Strokes
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This episode emphasizes the importance of addressing heart disease and stroke prevention through approaches that center on health equity, including systems-level changes, quality improvement, and community development. CDC’s Division for ...
Turning the River Around at the Public Health TechXpo
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As in any sector, there is often talk in the public health field of “working upstream,” or addressing problems at their source. If public health is going to be a changemaker in the world, its leaders must be equal parts nimble and ...
Massachusetts Sees Encouraging Decline in Overdose Deaths
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Interview with Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, about how the state is reducing overdose deaths in underserved populations, training medical students on preventing and managing ...
Virginia’s Successful Clinical-Community Care Model to Address Hypertension Set to Expand Across the Commonwealth
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Interview with Marissa Levine (alumni-VA) about the Virginia Cardiovascular Health Collaborative and other heart healthy initiatives in the commonwealth.
Avoiding the Cliff: Financing Medicaid in the Territories
Medicaid plays a critical role in providing access to health services for low-income U.S. citizens in the five U.S. territories. However, Medicaid financing in the territories has been underfunded compared to states. In this episode, ...
The State of STDs
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are at a record high in the United States. In this episode, we hear state and national perspectives from leaders in the fight against STDs, discussing the resurgence and health impacts of STDs, proven ...
ASTHO Awarded W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant To Support Healthy Communities
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ASTHO Awarded W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant To Support Healthy Communities ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) received a $450,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to improve child health ...
Advancing Cognitive Well-Being Through the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map
Co-authors from CDC and the Alzheimer’s Association provide details about the new 2018-2023 Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map, which offers strategies for public health agencies to promote cognitive health and support people living with ...
The Epidemic of Epidemics: Opioids, Part I
In the Public Health Review podcast debut, host Robert Johnson speaks with public health officials from Alaska, Kentucky, and West Virginia about the ongoing opioid epidemic in the U.S. and its intersections with other epidemics like ...
Pennsylvania’s Rural Health Model: A Conversation with the Secretary of Health
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Interview with Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine about how the commonwealth is working to increase access to healthcare in rural communities by working across agencies to support rural hospitals.
STRETCH-ing for Health: Operationalizing Health Equity in Public Health Agencies
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How states are building sustainable health equity programs.
Working Strategically Across Agencies to Maximize Investments in the Social Determinants of Health
In this episode of Public Health Review learn how different states maximize federal and state programs for improved housing, transportation, and other social determinants of health.
Health Officials Combat Nation’s Maternal Mortality Rates
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Health Officials Combat Nation’s Maternal Mortality Rates ARLINGTON, VA—State and territorial health officials are assessing maternal care programs within their states to address the rise in maternal deaths across the nation. According to ...
Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change
Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change public health infrastructure, community driven policy, indiana state health commissioner, public health system, indiana department of health, ...
Investing in Community Health Workers Is Vital to Population Health
Discover why community health workers are crucial for health equity and require sustained investment in this episode of Public Health Review.