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Inclusive Contracting: Successes to Advance Breastfeeding Equity

Race and Public Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Funding,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Blog,
Aika Aluc,
Evangeline Crawford,
Ify Mordi,
Melissa L. Lewis,
Grants and Contracts Management,
At-Risk Populations,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Elimination of Disparities,
Infant and Child Health,
Public Health Workforce

Though now an illegal practice, government contracts, policies, and practices have generally excluded women, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Still, practices and existing structures ...

HiAP Strategy Works in States, Locally to Meet Equity Challenges in COVID-19 Response

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Maryland,
Pennsylvania,
California,
Virginia,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID Vaccine,
Race and Public Health,
Blog,
Adney Rakotoniaina,
Ali Aslam,
Alix Ware,
Bridget Kerner,
Kerry Wyss,
Health in All Policies,
Partnership

While governments have faced challenges in adopting a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to respond to COVID-19, the impact of the public health emergency across sectors such as housing, ...

What ASTHO Expects from the Incoming Biden Administration

Health Policy Update,
Federal Government Affairs,
Funding,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Race and Public Health,
Climate and Health,
Pandemics,
COVID and Funding,
COVID Testing and Screening,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
Population Health and Prevention

As the country prepares for the inauguration of President-Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Wednesday, the incoming administration has highlighted several priorities over the next four years. This post ...

A World AIDS Day Unlike Any Other: Resiliency During the COVID-19 Pandemic

HIV,
Partnership,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Blog,
J.T. Lane,
Bouce Forward,
LGBTQ+,
Race and Public Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement

With the COVID-19 pandemic in full force, health agencies are ensuring that their focus does not drift from the fight to end the HIV epidemic. Resiliency is key to continue to make progress in this ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Health Equity and Rural Health

Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
Rural Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Telehealth,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Telehealth,
Public Health Workforce,
Beth Giambrone,
Maggie Davis

ASTHO has identified health equity and rural health as issues that policymakers across the country will consider in 2022.

How State and Territorial Health Departments Can Navigate Recent Executive Actions

Health Policy Update,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Territorial Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Funding,
Race and Public Health,
Tribal Health,
Partnership,
State Health Policy,
Pandemics,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Supply Chain,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Carolyn McCoy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce

One of tools presidents have to implement and drive their strategy are executive actions. Executive orders and presidential memoranda carry the force of law and allow presidents to move quickly, ...