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Health Officials Encourage Flu Shots to Protect Pregnant Women and Infants ARLINGTON, VA—Flu season has arrived in the United States and with influenza activity on the rise, being vaccinated against the flu for people six months and older ...

With many of the state and territorial legislatures reconvening over the next few weeks, we can look forward to new (and not-so-new) legislation start to crop up that will impact public health. To help navigate the new legislative ...

This ASTHOBrief addresses the importance of developing robust, culturally competent risk-appropriate care systems for American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

This brief outlines some of the barriers that pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use disorder face, as well as examples of state legislation passed to address recovery program implementation, treatment funding and insurance ...

This training is designed to be used with the ASTHO Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit: Supporting the Public Health Response in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health to “role play” or practice what you learned about screening, referring, and ...

ASTHO develops resources and facilitates learning communities to help health officials reduce maternal mortality, a Healthy People 2030 leading health indicator.

This brief outlines key considerations for state health departments to address the increase in overdose-related deaths during the postpartum period.

Enhancing Consumer Awareness Improves Access to Risk-Appropriate Care Lexa Giragosian Enhancing consumer awareness can improve health outcomes for pregnant and birthing populations. Risk-appropriate care (RAC) is a strategy to ensure that ...

Infographic depicting findings on a survey around opioid use among pregnant people.

This ASTHOBrief discusses how breastfeeding acts as a protective factor for maternal mental health, negative impacts of COVID-19 on breastfeeding and maternal mental health, state actions to improve maternal mental healthcare and lactation ...