All COVID-19 Resources

Supporting Positive Mental Health in Early Childhood

Brief,

Mental Health,

ACEs,

Infant and Child Health,

Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health,

Partnership,

Funding,

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 ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Public Health Workforce

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Mental Health,

COVID and Mental Health,

COVID and Workforce,

Public Health Workforce,

California,

Colorado,

Connecticut,

Georgia,

Montana,

Nevada,

New York,

Oklahoma,

Oregon,

Rhode Island,

Tennessee,

Utah,

Maggie Davis

Continuing ASTHO’s Legislative Prospectus series—which highlights the top 10 public health policy issues for 2022—we are focusing this week on mental and behavioral health as well as supporting the ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Maintaining Public Health’s Legal Authority to Prevent Disease Spread

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Public Health Law,

Emergency Powers,

Arkansas,

Georgia,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Maine,

Maryland,

Minnesota,

New Hampshire,

New Jersey,

New York,

Ohio,

Oklahoma,

South Dakota,

Tennessee,

Virginia,

West Virginia,

Wisconsin,

Andy Baker-White,

Leadership Development

States and territories have broad powers to protect public health and safety, including powers to prevent and control the spread of communicable disease typically exercised by state and territorial ...

Improving the Built Environment Prevents ACEs and Creates Safer Communities 

Blog,

Mental Health,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Vermont,

Tennessee,

ACEs,

Caitlin Langhorne Griffith,

Meghan Auer

State efforts to reduce firearm injury and death with safe storage policies.

Innovations in Overdose Response: Strategies Implemented by Emergency Medical Services Providers

Report,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Preparedness,

Maryland,

Ohio,

Rhode Island,

Tennessee,

Washington,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Public Health Workforce

Initial estimates from 2020 suggest that annual drug overdose deaths in the United States reached a record high of 93,000. Fortunately EMS strategies are being put in place to combat this nation-wide ...

Utah, Colorado, Tennessee, and Missouri Win ASTHO Vision Awards for Innovative Projects

News Release,

ASTHO News,

Awards and Recognition,

Colorado,

Tennessee,

Utah

Utah, Colorado, Tennessee, and Missouri Win ASTHO Vision Awards for Innovative Projects SALT LAKE CITY—Today the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) presented its 2015 ...

Eliminating Structural Racism to Achieve Health Equity Policy Academy

Race and Public Health,

Boundary Spanning Leadership,

Leadership Development,

Operationalizing Equity,

Partnership,

State Health Policy,

Territorial Health Policy,

Video,

Illinois,

Tennessee

The Eliminating Structural Racism to Achieve Health Equity Policy Academy fosters the development of governmental workforce policy development skills and boundary spanning leadership to advance ...

Framing Health in All Policies: Terms That Resonate

Report,

Social Determinants of Health,

Race and Public Health,

Population Health and Prevention,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

California,

Delaware,

Idaho,

Kansas,

Massachusetts,

Minnesota,

Nevada,

New York,

North Carolina,

Tennessee,

Vermont,

Virginia,

Wisconsin,

Health in All Policies

Health in All Policies can be a successful strategy to expand collaboration between state and territorial agencies and other partners, but the terminology used in programs focused on these efforts ...

Making the Connection Between Health in All Policies and State Health Improvement Plans

Report,

Health in All Policies,

Strategic Planning,

Leadership Development,

Tennessee,

Wisconsin,

Kerry Wyss

This report explores how the seven strategies for HiAP directly relate to the actions involved in developing State Health Improvement Plans, as both are collaborative by nature and seek to improve ...

Courts Considering Challenges to States Blocking School Mask Requirements

Health Policy Update,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Federal Government Affairs,

State Health Policy,

Immunization,

Pandemics,

Maggie Davis,

Education,

COVID and Special Populations,

Iowa,

South Carolina,

Tennessee,

Texas,

Florida,

Arkansas,

Arizona,

Oklahoma,

Disability Inclusion,

Infant and Child Health

Recent state laws and governor emergency orders prohibiting universal school mask protocols are complicating the implementation of CDC’s evidence-based guidance for COVID-19 mitigation measures for ...