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Learn effective strategies for addressing workforce challenges in the islands, including geographic isolation and underdeveloped academic pathways.

Delve into the successes, challenges, and lessons learned to inform/advance FHIR adoption among state and local public health agencies and their health care partners.

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This summary of our annual environmental scan identifies public health concerns and trends and health agencies’ top current and emerging priorities.

Improving a State’s Process for Disclosing Data for Public Health Purposes to Tribal Public Health Organizations

Long COVID Resource Guide: Tools Plus Insights from State and Territorial Initiatives Discover Long COVID resources, tools, and support networks for individuals, health care providers, and public health professionals. This resource offers ...

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to using a Health in All Policies (HiAP) strategy to address lead poisoning prevention. ASTHO held key informant interviews with staff from four state health agencies to learn more about their state ...

Recipient Orientation Handbook for OD2A State and LOCAL Cooperative Agreements overdose prevention, substance use disorder, overdose crisis, opioid overdoses, principal investigators, project officer, grants management specialist, secure ...

In recent years, tick-borne disease cases in the U.S. have almost doubled. The case studies and analyses in this report may serve as a guide as states respond to similar problems in their jurisdictions.

Environmental Health Policy Guides Environmental health is concerned with how interactions between humans and their environments impact human health. The field emerged to protect people from chemical or biological threats in their ...

This report presents findings from ASTHO’s 2017 Mosquito Control Survey, including information from thirty-eight jurisdictions about the organizational structure of mosquito control activities and the roles of key external partnerships at ...

While largely preventable, healthcare-associated infections are the most common complication of hospital care, are a leading cause of death in the United States, and increased significantly during the pandemic. States have proposed ...

Families who wish to breastfeed in the United States often face barriers in workplace and school settings. To address these disparities, federal, state, and territorial governments are adopting policies to improve lactation accommodations ...

State issued documents, such as birth certificates, are often required to navigate daily life. Vital records policy is a complex and evolving issue with many of the processes and procedures left to jurisdictional policy-makers.

The Embedded specialist in South Carolina used an ASTHO tool to assist the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control improve inclusivity of people living with disabilities in their public health programs.

As leaders of their state agency, state and territorial health officials can be named parties in lawsuits alleging that an action taken by a public health agency was unlawful. These officials are typically sued in their “official ...

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 ...

The ASTHO State Health Policy team provides brief updates on 5 of the ten state health policy issues to watch in 2022: public health authority, immunization, data privacy and modernization, public health workforce, and health equity.

When Beatriz Vallejo, the disability and preparedness specialist in Puerto Rico, first joined the health agency, she took on planning a novel program to share knowledge and clarify each sectors’ roles and responsibilities during an ...

On Feb. 21, 2022, global health advocate Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, passed away. Farmer leaves behind a legacy of radical compassion, generosity, and a commitment to social justice. He will be remembered for his work making affordable, ...