All COVID-19 Resources

Legislative Prospectus: Health Equity

Legislative Prospectus,

State Health Policy,

Healthcare Access,

Social Determinants of Health,

Race and Public Health

In-depth analysis on state health policy surrounding health equity. This is part of ASTHO's annual legislative prospectus series.

Public Health Groups Invest in National Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health

Health Equity,

ASTHO News,

Healthcare Access

On Feb. 10, 2021 ASTHO and NACCHO announced the selection of 42 community multi-sector partnerships/coalitions across the country to receive over $2 million as a part of the Improving Social ...

Strengthening Protective Factors in ACEs Prevention With Medicaid 1115 Waivers

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Social and Behavioral Health,

ACEs,

Alaska,

Illinois,

South Carolina,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Grace Deleon,

Jes Lyons,

Maggie Davis,

Elimination of Disparities

One in three individuals who contract COVID-19 will experience lasting mental health impacts, according to a recent study. This startling discovery underscores the reality facing our nation: the ...

What’s Next for Telehealth: States Try to Make COVID-19 Telehealth Options Permanent

Health Policy Update,

COVID and Telehealth,

Health Equity,

Telehealth,

Primary Care and Public Health,

Connecticut,

Hawaii,

Iowa,

Kentucky,

Nevada,

New Hampshire,

Vermont,

New York,

Florida,

West Virginia,

Maine,

Illinois,

Alaska,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Janet Oputa

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, temporarily expanding the use of telehealth ...

Supporting Infant & Child Immunizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Q&A With Michael Warren

People of Public Health,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Special Populations,

ACEs,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Katrin Patterson,

Michael Warren,

Healthcare Access,

Vaccine Distribution,

Partnership,

Communications,

COVID and Communication,

Infant and Child Health

In recognition of National Infant Immunization Week, ASTHO and AMCHP interviewed Michael Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) at the ...

Resilient, Accessible, and Affordable Healthcare: Bouncing Forward From COVID-19

Podcast,

Bouce Forward,

COVID Resilience,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Health Equity,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Telehealth,

Members,

Robert Johnson,

Esther L. Muña,

Lance Robertson,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

Northern Mariana Islands

COVID-19 has stressed the U.S. healthcare and public health systems and highlighted racial and ethnic disparities in pre-existing conditions and health outcomes. In this episode, our guests discuss ...

The Next Surge REVISITED: The Behavioral Health Crisis Following COVID-19

Podcast,

COVID and Mental Health,

COVID Recovery,

Members,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Telehealth,

Robert Johnson,

Anne Zink,

Joe Parks,

Saul Levin

This conversation was recorded in May 2020, but felt the lessons and takeaways are still very relevant as we are finally starting to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. The rates of depression, ...

BONUS: Bringing Telehealth Into the Future With MyVax

Podcast,

COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,

COVID Testing and Screening,

COVID and Telehealth,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Communication,

Telehealth,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Robert Johnson,

Stanley Campbell

On this bonus episode of Public Health Review, we chat with Stanley Campbell, CEO and CTO EagleForce. Campbell is an expert in artificial intelligence who knows how to leverage data in the fight ...

Getting Shots Into Arms: The Race to Vaccinate Against COVID-19

Podcast,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

Vaccine Distribution,

Healthcare Access,

Members,

Robert Johnson,

Claire Hannan,

Thomas Dobbs

Our experts on this episode also discuss that while there have been perceived challenges in the initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the overall effort of getting vaccines into the arms of a virus that ...

BONUS: Fighting the Next COVID-19 Wave

Podcast,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Healthcare Access,

Members,

Robert Johnson,

Joseph Kanter,

Karyl Thomas Rattay,

Nirav Shah

This bonus episode is taken from a virtual news conference on Thursday, July 29, 2021. In it, Nirav Shah (Maine), Karyl Rattay (Delaware), and Joseph Kanter (Louisiana), discuss the latest issues ...