All COVID-19 Resources

Braiding and Layering Funding to Address Supportive Housing

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Health Equity,

Tribal Health,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Funding,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Mental Health,

Maryland,

Louisiana,

Social Determinants of Health,

Kyle Bogaert,

Meredith Alexander,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Disability Inclusion,

Health in All Policies,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Environmental Health,

Food and Water Safety,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Early Brain Development,

At-Risk Populations,

Oklahoma

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 ...

Data-Driven Primary Prevention Strategies for Adverse Childhood Experiences

Report,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

ACEs,

Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,

Healthcare Access,

Primary Care and Public Health,

Massachusetts,

New Jersey,

New York,

Puerto Rico,

Washington, D.C.,

Wisconsin,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Infant and Child Health

Surveilling and monitoring data is key to informing programmatic and policy work, documenting progress and impact, setting relevant adverse childhood experiences-related state priorities, and influencing policy to address prevention. This ...

It’s a Weighty Matter: Exploring PRAMS Weights

Video,

ASTHOConnect,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

PRAMS

This session focuses on increasing awareness on how PRAMS weights are constructed, how to properly subset data for weighted analyses, and when health department staff should be worried about over/under estimation. The presenters provide ...

Looking Upstream: The Impact of Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences

Podcast,

Members,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

ACEs,

Early Brain Development,

Research,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Texas,

Robert Johnson,

David Lakey,

John Hellerstedt,

Judy Cameron,

Infant and Child Health,

Public Health Review

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful events, including child abuse and other household challenges, that can have a negative impact on early brain development and lifelong health. In this episode, our guests discuss how states ...

Multi-State Network of Linked PRAMS and Clinical Outcomes Data for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Report,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

PRAMS,

Shannon Vance,

Stephany Strahle,

Shanna Cox,

Sowmya Kuruganti,

Lauren Kipling

Multi-State Network of Linked PRAMS and Clinical Outcomes Data for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Shannon Vance, Stephany Strahle, Shanna Cox, Sowmya Kuruganti, Lauren Kipling Multi-state network of linked Pregnancy Risk Assessment ...

Using Data to Combat Opioid-Related Harms

Brief,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

ACEs,

Risk-Appropriate Care,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Substance Misuse,

Opioids,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Evidence or Fact-Based Measures,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Infectious Disease,

Syndemic-Related Infections

In February 2019, ASTHO surveyed its members to understand how data is being utilized to address these harms in their jurisdictions. This brief summarizes the results of this survey and highlights data-based approaches used to address four ...

Linking Datasets to Address Racial Equity in Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

Brief,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

PRAMS,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Health Equity,

Elimination of Disparities,

Race and Public Health,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

California,

Georgia,

Massachusetts,

Stephany Strahle

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 ...

What I Wish I Knew Before Linking Data

Public Health Conversation,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Infant and Child Health,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Stephany Strahle,

Jared Parrish,

Emily Putnam-Hornstein

What I Wish I Knew Before Linking Data ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, linking data, data linkage, family and child health, public health, data linkage research, public health agencies, north Carolina, ...

Data Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for Indigenous Communities

Podcast,

Health Equity,

Tribal Health,

At-Risk Populations,

Race and Public Health,

Social Determinants of Health,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Risk-Appropriate Care,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Robert Johnson,

Edward P. Ehlinger,

Janelle Palacios,

Katelyn Strasser,

PRAMS,

Public Health Review

In this episode, three experts discuss the Federal Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality’s most recent report on American Indian and Alaska Native health outcomes and the data-focused recommendations for states and ...

The Importance of Collecting Data on Pregnant Women and Infants During Public Health Emergencies

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Special Populations,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,

Healthcare Access,

Primary Care and Public Health,

Blog,

Karen Remley,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted pregnant people and infants more severely than some other populations. As such, it is important to pay special attention to this vulnerable group.