Inclusive Communication: A Lunch and Learn Conversation with Susan Laird Susan Laird focuses on the application of the CDC’s Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication including the importance of addressing all people ...
Applied Principles of Strategic Risk and Crisis Communications In this session, participants will learn meaningful ways to engage with communities in their jurisdiction and repair and/or build trust with hard-to-reach populations. Speaker ...
Each video in this series focuses on a unique topic and features stories from ASTHO’s disability and preparedness specialists in the field. The videos demonstrate how they work to ensure information, testing, and COVID-19 vaccination sites ...
Gillian K. SteelFisher, PhD, MSc shares a meta-analysis of the many COVID-19 vaccine-related public polls and how public health can use this information to guide vaccine messaging. Neetu Abad, PhD, co-lead of the CDC Vaccine Confidence ...
Identifies the public health interventions, partnerships, and policies that state and territorial health officials can pursue to promote the Community Health Workers' workforce.
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States Reassessing Vaccine Policy and Public Health Powers Shalini Nair, Andy Baker-White Review of state policies to weaken vaccine requirements and reduce public health powers. Immunization is a key pillar of public health, crucial for ...
Read a detailed summary of the FY26 Senate Appropriations Bill, which was released on July 31.
On Oct. 4, 2023, ASTHO responded to a Request for Information from the U.S. House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee on the subject of improving access to healthcare and rural and underserved areas, including the island ...
North Dakota Lead Exposure Outreach Program North Dakota Develops Tribal Communication Plan to Support Lead Poisoning Prevention Learn how North Dakota's lead prevention team built strong partnerships with tribal communities in this ...
Disease Forecasting ASTHO was an active partner in the creation of CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA), including early calls for the federal government to create a center charged with improving response capabilities ...
ASTHO’s membership comprises chief health officials from across the nation who receive ongoing capacity building, technical assistance, and leadership development.
This brief discusses the difficulty of maintaining compassion and empathy during public health crises, which ultimately leads to a phenomenon called compassion fatigue.
San Diego Academic Health Partnership Strengthens Service During COVID-19 and Beyond San Diego Academic Health Partnership Strengthens Service Mayela Arana Learn how the Academic Health and Human Services Department in San Diego ...
Health in All Policies can be a successful strategy to expand collaboration between state and territorial agencies and other partners, but the terminology used in programs focused on these efforts can differ. While equity is often a ...
This report highlights examples of health department partnership coordination strategies to enhance surveillance, increase resource and staffing capacity, and improve communication and collaboration in order to strengthen infection ...
Explore tailored social media strategies and best practices for public health departments.
Formal partnerships between health agencies and private companies can lead to resource sharing, expertise exchange, and improved health services delivery. The strategies outlined in this resource provide a comprehensive approach to ...
Healthy People Coordinator Description Template This template was designed to help health agencies craft job descriptions for staff that can effectively incorporate Healthy People 2030 frameworks into public health initiatives. Healthy ...
Charter Template and Guide Creating a charter is a worthwhile exercise when forming a workgroup, advisory group, or committee or putting together a new project. A charter provides guidance, aligns the project or team goals, and helps make ...