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What Surrounds Us Shapes Our Health

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Population Health and Prevention,
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Overdose Prevention,
Suicide Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Infant and Child Health,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Youth Mental Health

What Surrounds Us Shapes Our Health caregiver stress, traumatic childhood experiences, secondary prevention, tertiary prevention, child abuse, physical health, supporting services, healthier neighborhoods, mental health, primary ...

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center Tackles Childhood Obesity

Blog,
Partnership,
Population Health and Prevention,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infant and Child Health,
Nutrition and Fitness,
Connecticut,
Beth Comerford,
Ioana Ungureanu,
Kim Doughty

The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is tackling childhood obesity through Community Health Opportunities Organized with Schools at the Epicenter (CHOOSE), a multi-partner and multi-level intervention for communities in ...

Supporting Positive Mental Health in Early Childhood

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Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Infant and Child Health,
Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,
Partnership,
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Colorado,
New York,
Tennessee,
Ramya Dronamraju,
Claire Rudolph,
Youth Mental Health

Support for programs and policies that encourage positive mental health in early childhood and provides support for parents and caregivers to have the best chance to improve mental health across the life course.

States Increasing Supports for Early Childhood Programs

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Elimination of Disparities,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Early Brain Development,
Infant and Child Health,
Alabama,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Maryland,
Texas,
Utah,
Washington,
Shannon Vance,
Florida,
Washington, D.C.,
Louisiana

Looking to the future, states are improving access to care, providing subsidies for tuition costs, expanding hours of licensed facilities, increasing access, and meeting the needs of both parents and children. ... States Increasing ...

Making the Case for Early Childhood Brain Development

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Members,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Early Brain Development,
Georgia,
Washington,
Robert Johnson,
Ami Klin,
John Wiesman,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
ACEs,
Health Equity,
Disability Inclusion,
Infant and Child Health,
Public Health Review

In this episode, Ami Klin discusses early detection of developmental disabilities as a strategy to improve access to early care and treatment. John Wiesman shares Washington state’s success story in supporting healthy early brain ...

Some Early Childhood Development Programs Stalled, Others Flourished During Pandemic

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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 ...

Injury, Suicide, and Violence Prevention

ASTHO supports state and territorial public health agencies’ work to prevent violence and accidental injury by addressing the root factors that impact quality of life. ... Injury, Suicide, and Violence Prevention ASTHO supports state and ...

Integrating Breastfeeding Into Early Childhood Nutrition Security Programs

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Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,
Infant and Child Health,
Nutrition and Fitness,
Race and Public Health,
Alaska,
Minnesota,
Deborah Backman

Breastfeeding is a key protective factor against infant and toddler nutrition insecurity and is the ideal source of nutrition for most infants, since it adapts to each child’s unique nutritional needs. ... Integrating Breastfeeding Into ...

Evidence-Based Home Visiting Models Promote Early Brain Development in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

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Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Early Brain Development,
Infant and Child Health,
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State Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Evidence or Fact-Based Measures,
Health Policy Update

One way states and territories can address ACEs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities is by adopting evidence-based home visiting programs that reflect the specific cultural values of the communities they are serving to reach ...

Behavioral Health: Women, Children, and Families

Behavioral Health: Women, Children, and Families association of state and territorial health officials, astho, substance use disorder during pregnancy, maternal depression, perinatal depression, opioid use during pregnancy, postpartum ...

Alison Maffey

Ali Maffey

Alison Maffey Ali Maffey joined ASTHO in early 2023 as the Vice President of Social and Behavioral Health. Her portfolio includes substance use disorder and overdose prevention, mental health promotion, and preventing violence, firearm ...

2019 ACECAT Results

2019 ACECAT Results In 2019, ASTHO fielded the Adverse Childhood Experiences Capacity Assessment Tool (ACECAT) to all 59 state and territorial health agencies. ASTHO received responses from 41 states and three territories/freely ...

Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies

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Infographic,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
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Early Brain Development,
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Health Care Access,
Telehealth,
Education,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
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COVID and Mental Health,
COVID and Telehealth,
Maine,
Maryland,
Michigan,
Oklahoma,
South Carolina,
Washington,
Youth Mental Health,
Infant and Child Health

This infographic highlights 10 high-level strategies to advance work in school behavioral health. ... Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies This infographic highlights 10 high-level strategies to advance work in ...

Nation’s Health Officials Very Concerned About the Public Health Impact of Family Separations at the U.S.-Mexico Border

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Public Health News,
Michael Fraser,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infant and Child Health

Nation’s Health Officials Very Concerned About the Public Health Impact of Family Separations at the U.S.-Mexico Border ARLINGTON, VA—Michael Fraser, chief executive officer of ASTHO, issued the following statement today in response to the ...

The Impact of Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions on Childhood Vaccination Rates

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Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
Georgia,
Iowa,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Montana,
Nebraska,
New Mexico,
New York,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Heather Tomlinson

As many state legislatures seek to expand vaccine exemptions, it’s important to understand the fundamental differences in exemption type and their impact on a community. ... The Impact of Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions on Childhood ...

The Role of State Health Leaders in Addressing Substance Use Disorders Among Women, Infants, and Families

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Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Overdose Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Risk-Appropriate Care,
Alaska,
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
Ohio,
Virginia,
West Virginia

This report highlights six public health approaches for addressing the rising incidence of substance use disorder and neonatal abstinence syndrome and draws out the critical role that state health leaders play in each. ... The Role of ...

Improving Youth Behavioral Health Through School-Based Strategies

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Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Early Brain Development,
Partnership,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Special Populations,
At-Risk Populations,
Education,
COVID and Mental Health,
COVID and Telehealth,
Health Care Access,
Telehealth,
Maine,
Maryland,
Michigan,
Oklahoma,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Washington,
Youth Mental Health,
Infant and Child Health

The findings detailed in this report were gathered during a series of School Behavioral Health Advisory Committee convenings in spring 2021. The goal was identify policy gaps and strategies for delivering behavioral health services in ...