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When the Power Fails: Helping Life-Support Equipment Users

Utah,

People who use electricity-dependent durable medical equipment (DME) at home—such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators—can face life-threatening consequences during a power outage. HHS reports that 2.7 million Medicare beneficiaries ...

Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies

ACEs,

This infographic highlights 10 high-level strategies to advance work in school behavioral health.

Increasing Access to Contraception: Infographic Series

This four-part infographic series illustrates key strategies for addressing common challenges and barriers related to increasing access to contraception.

Community Partners Offer Key Insights to Health Departments for Increasing Vaccine Confidence

During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy has increased because of misinformation and disinformation spreading across social and traditional media platforms, targeting vulnerable and underserved communities, and further stalling ...

Exploring Innovations in GIS and Visualization for Healthier Communities

This brief details innovative uses of geographic information systems (GIS) in public health. It showcases original research conducted by ASTHO staff to better understand the value of GIS in mapping national public health emergencies

Leveraging the HHS emPOWER Program to Enhance Power Outage Planning

The emPOWER program provides federal data, mapping, and artificial intelligence tools, as well as training and resources, to help communities nationwide protect the health of at-risk Medicare beneficiaries who live independently and rely ...