All COVID-19 Resources

Healthcare Capacity Discussion Guide

Capacity Building,

Infectious Disease,

Immunization,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

COVID-19,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access

This guide is designed to help leaders prepare for and structure discussions on strategies to mitigate challenges to healthcare capacity during the 2023 fall and winter respiratory illness season.

Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,

Training,

ASTHO Education

Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers The nation's ability to quickly contain infectious disease outbreaks is more important than ever, and an expanded contact tracing workforce is critical for ...

Climate and Health Capacity Survey

Report,

Environmental Health,

Climate and Health,

Vector-Borne Disease,

Informatics and Surveillance,

Food and Water Safety,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Health Equity,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

Preparedness,

Natural Disasters

This report analyzes the results from a survey of state and territorial health agency staff to collect information regarding health agency efforts to address climate change and extreme weather.

State Legislatures Reshape Public Health Legal Authority

Blog,

Policy,

Public Health Law,

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Tobacco Control,

Healthcare Access,

STIs,

HIV,

North Carolina,

South Carolina,

Hawaii,

Washington,

Texas,

Utah,

Kansas,

Idaho,

Oklahoma,

Wyoming,

New Hampshire,

Jessica Baggett,

Andy Baker-White,

Maggie Davis

Learn how state and territorial legislatures can bolster or restrict public health legal authority, with examples from early COVID-19 as well as 2024.

Improving Access to Healthcare in the Pacific: Q&A with Patrick Abraham

Blog,

Island Areas 101,

Island Equity,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Health Equity,

At-Risk Populations,

Primary Care and Public Health,

Julia Von Alexander,

Patrick Abraham

Improving Access to Healthcare in the Pacific: Q&A with Patrick Abraham access to healthcare, federated states of micronesia, underserved populations, health infrastructure, primary care services, health disparities, optimal health, ...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Health Data Modernization

Blog,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

DELPH,

DELPH magazine,

LGBTQ+,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Capacity,

COVID Vaccine,

Immunization,

Vaccine Distribution,

Reema Mistry,

Jamie Pina,

J.T. Lane

Data modernization improves public health response to emerging health threats and can help address health inequities in the U.S.

Strengthening Leadership, Risk Communications, and Preparedness in the Islands

Blog,

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, ...

Infection Prevention and Outbreak Control in Dialysis Settings

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Infectious Disease,

Healthcare-Associated Infections,

Georgia,

Jeanne Negley

ASTHO speaks with Jeanne Negley, healthcare-associated infection program surveillance director at the Georgia Department of Public Health about about the role health departments can play in making dialysis settings safer, as well as her ...

ASTHO’s Year in Review: Organizational Successes and Outlook for 2019

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Advocacy,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Population Health and Prevention,

Preparedness,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Infectious Disease,

Amber Norris Williams,

Jim Blumenstock,

Carolyn Mullen

As 2018 draws to a close, members of the ASTHO leadership team reflect on successes from the past year and share what they hope to accomplish next.

ASTHO Files Amicus Brief with Supreme Court of North Carolina on Public Health Empowerment

News Release,

News,

ASTHO News,

Policy,

Public Health Law,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Law/Policy,

North Carolina,

Michael Fraser

On May 11, 2023, ASTHO announced it had filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of North Carolina asserting that a public health official must be empowered to take quick action to protect the public health and safety of their ...