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Understanding the Updated Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines

Blog,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Health Care Access,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Social and Behavioral Health,
STIs,
HIV,
Sowmya Kuruganti,
Contraception Access

In December 2021, HRSA approved new and updated Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines, which will go into effect in 2023. The recent changes include a new guideline on obesity prevention for midlife women and updates to five existing ...

States Continue Efforts to Build and Strengthen Community Health Workforce

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Community Health Workers,
California,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
New York,
Oregon,
Utah,
Shelby Rowell

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted workforce challenges and longstanding health inequities within the healthcare and public health systems, because of this there has been an increased interest in developing the community health worker ...

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

Blog,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
Preparedness,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
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 health and healthcare system looks like ...

Some Early Childhood Development Programs Stalled, Others Flourished During Pandemic

Blog,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Health Care Access,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Early Brain Development,
Telehealth,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Special Populations,
Infant and Child Health,
Paris Harper-Hardy

ASTHO interviewed two state health agencies (SHAs), two nonprofit partners, and one university partner that were heavily invested in state early childhood development policy about how their programs fared during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Home Visiting Reauthorization: The First Trimester

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Health Care Access,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Carolyn McCoy,
Jazmyn Covington

The Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting program, which provides visiting services to parents with young children, is up for Congressional reauthorization. This post explores the importance of the program and why it should be ...