In recent years, states and territories have started looking at braiding and layering funding streams as a way to leverage existing resources to achieve population-level impact. Adverse childhood experiences is one area that lends ...
This episode explains what the Shared Risk and Protective Factors framework is, and how states and territories can collaborate with a broader range of partners to implement research-based programs, policies, practices, and strategies that ...
State efforts to reduce firearm injury and death with safe storage policies. ... Improving the Built Environment Prevents ACEs and Creates Safer Communities
State efforts to reduce firearm injury and death with safe storage ...
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 ...
Although suicide was a critical public health issue in the U.S. long before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Americans are now reporting increased mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors. In addition, millions ...
Learn from the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and featured states about current efforts to implement Healthy People 2020. ODPHP also discusses what to expect during the transition from Healthy People 2020 to ...
All too often, work in health, housing, and human services systems is siloed. However, when you move upstream and work together, these industries can address the root causes of health and social issues. If we continue to operate our ...
In 2017, nearly 64,000 children under six had elevated blood lead levels as defined by the CDC. There is no safe blood lead level in children, and even low levels of lead have been shown to affect IQ, ability to pay attention, and academic ...
HiAP Strategy Works in States, Locally to Meet Equity Challenges in COVID-19 Response
HiAP Strategy Works in States, Locally to Meet Equity Challenges in COVID-19 Response
While governments have faced challenges in adopting a Health in All ...
Developing Internal Quality Improvement and Performance Management Training Modules
Training modules can enhance staff capabilities in quality improvement and performance management methodologies, improving organizational efficiency and ...
ASTHO Executive Director Michael Fraser Responds to the Affordable Care Act Replacement Bill
ARLINGTON, VA—“While millions of Americans may experience changes in their insurance coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act “repeal and ...
ASTHO, with support from CDC, launched the first cohort of the Linking Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and Clinical Outcomes Data Multi-Jurisdiction Learning Community in October 2021. This brief examines themes that emerged ...
A Blueprint for Establishing a Health Equity or Minority Health Office
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Learn how to form and manage an office of health equity or minority health, based on several firsthand experiences. Listen to the podcast episode ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the intersections of social determinants of health, such as transportation, education, and housing, and their impact on the health of individuals and communities. As the moratorium on evictions ends in ...
How states are building sustainable health equity programs. ... STRETCH-ing for Health: Operationalizing Health Equity in Public Health Agencies
How states are building sustainable health equity programs.
ASTHO’s Aika Aluc interviews ...
Linking Datasets to Address Racial Equity in Maternal and Child Health Outcomes astho, association of state and territorial health officials, data sources, people of color, centers for disease control, racial inequities, advance racial ...
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Improvements in Public Health Hiring Practices
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s (CDPHE) Prevention Services Division (PSD) is working to streamline its ...
Learn how Iowa HHS streamlined their process for assisting local health departments in this blog article. ... able to directly request TA from the PHIG National Partners. Members of ASTHO’s Public Health Infrastructure team met with them ...
A mid-session legislative update on five of ASTHO's top 10 public health state policy issues to watch in 2023: data privacy and modernization, reproductive health, health equity, strengthening public health agencies, and immunization. ...
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 ...