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Insular Areas Consider Variety of Public Health Related Legislation

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Health Policy Update,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

Policy,

Territorial Health Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Population Health and Prevention,

Health Care Access,

Community Health Workers,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Primary Care and Public Health,

Environmental Health,

Food and Water Safety,

PFAS,

Guam,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Virgin Islands,

Palau,

Marshall Islands,

American Samoa,

Puerto Rico,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Tobacco Control,

Andy Baker-White,

Beth Giambrone,

Emely Sanchez,

Partnership,

Advocacy,

Health Equity,

Elimination of Disparities

Each year, ASTHO tracks and analyzes key legislation that impacts public health, and highlights the emerging trends for our members. While the bulk of the tracked legislation arises in state legislatures, ASTHO also follows legislation ...

Leveraging Health Official Authority and Influence for Systems Improvement

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Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Business Process Improvement,

Strategic Planning,

Quality Improvement,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Public Health Workforce,

Members,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Palau,

Vita Skilling,

Stevenson Kuartei

This brief draws on health officials’ experiences in territories and Freely Associated States to illustrate opportunities to lead improvement efforts by building relationships, committing to data use, establishing regular ...

Building an Island Health Equity Framework for the Future

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Territories and Freely Associated States,

Health Equity,

Operationalizing Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Island Equity,

Guam,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau,

Puerto Rico,

Virgin Islands,

Julia Von Alexander,

Karl Ensign,

Jurisdiction,

Topics,

Islands/Territories/Freely Associated States,

Place-Based Strategies,

Community and Belonging,

Communications and Messaging

This blog explains ASTHO’s Islands Health Equity Framework, which outlines a culturally resonant approach to health equity in the island areas. ... Building an Island Health Equity Framework for the Future This blog explains ASTHO’s ...

Strengthening Leadership, Risk Communications, and Preparedness in the Islands

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Territories and Freely Associated States,

Communications,

Environmental Health,

Climate and Health,

Infectious Disease,

Emerging Infectious Diseases,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Leadership Development,

Public Health Workforce,

Preparedness,

Natural Disasters,

American Samoa,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Guam,

Hawaii,

Marshall Islands,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau,

Sidnie Christian,

Alyssa Boyea,

Shelbi Davis

Strengthening Leadership, Risk Communications, and Preparedness in the Islands Strengthening Public Health Preparedness in the Islands Sidnie Christian, Alyssa Boyea Key strategies in on leadership, risk communications, and preparedness, ...

Dengue Preparedness in the U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States

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Territories and Freely Associated States,

Environmental Health,

Vector-Borne Disease,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

American Samoa,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Guam,

Marshall Islands,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau,

Courtney Anderson,

Marisa Wong

Both the Pacific and Caribbean are on the front lines of the dengue health security threat. As a result, many island areas, especially in the USAPI and Puerto Rico, are doing great work to combat dengue. ... implementation of vector ...

Public Health Legislation in Island Areas

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Health Policy Update,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Marshall Islands,

Palau,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Substance Misuse,

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,

Healthy Aging,

American Samoa,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Guam,

Puerto Rico,

Virgin Islands,

Beth Giambrone,

Shannon Vance

Learn about recent public health legislation in the islands areas related to access to nutritional foods, deterring substance use, and promoting healthy aging. ... limits annual sales to $50,000. Puerto Rico is considering PC-88, which ...

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

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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,

Jurisdiction,

Topics,

Islands/Territories/Freely Associated States,

Community and Belonging

This blog shares key takeaways from the first Island Areas COVID-19 Health Equity Action Institutes. ... post telling the story of the first island-focused COVID-19 Health Equity Action Institutes. This spring, ASTHO’s island area ...

Lessons Learned from Palau's Journey to Develop Health Equity Indicators

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Territories and Freely Associated States,

Island Equity,

Health Equity,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

At-Risk Populations,

Palau,

Health Care Access,

Julia Von Alexander,

Heidi Westermann,

Topics,

Equity,

Jurisdiction,

Topics,

Community and Belonging,

Islands/Territories/Freely Associated States,

Evaluation and Data,

Indicators/Indexes

This blog describes how Palau's health ministry collaborated with its community to design indicators to better measure health equity in its jurisdiction. ... example illustrates how health agencies in Micronesia must navigate a ...

ASTHO Reports from Palau Equity Summit

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People of Public Health,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Health Equity,

At-Risk Populations,

Elimination of Disparities,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Partnership,

Policy,

Territorial Health Policy,

LGBTQ+,

Island Equity,

Palau,

Karl Ensign,

Jurisdiction,

Topics,

Islands/Territories/Freely Associated States,

Community Engagement,

Community and Belonging,

Social Determinants of Health

In February 2023, ASTHO staff traveled to Koror, Palau for a four-day health equity summit and held workshops to identify, select, and prioritize measures for Palau’s health equity work. ... community that is too seldom heard. Here, I ...