All COVID-19 Resources

Sustained Management of COVID-19: Doing More of What Works to Control Future Surges

COVID Preparedness,

Preparedness,

Jessica Baggett

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Jurisdictions Using Policy to Address Unique Island Area Health Challenges

Health Policy Update,

Climate and Health,

Food and Water Safety,

Elimination of Disparities,

Social Determinants of Health,

COVID-19,

Territorial Health Policy,

Natural Disasters,

Federal Government Affairs,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

American Samoa,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Guam,

Marshall Islands,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Puerto Rico,

Virgin Islands,

Beth Giambrone,

Parker Beene

ASTHO has several members from the territories and Freely Associated States—jurisdictions with unique challenges, and do not fall under the category of a state or federal district. This post is a ...

Maximizing the Benefit of COVID-19 Therapeutics: Considerations for State Public Health Officials

Brief,

COVID and Communication,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Funding,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

COVID Recovery,

COVID Resilience,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Workforce,

Preparedness,

Health Equity,

Alaska,

Connecticut,

Minnesota,

Mississippi,

Oregon,

Partnership,

Marcus Plescia,

Jessica Baggett,

Katie Greene,

Katie Huber,

Matt D’Ambrosio,

Andrea Thoumi,

Mark McClellan

An issue brief by ASTHO and the Duke University Margolis Center for Health Policy that highlights considerations for state health officials as they look to maximize the benefits of COVID-19 ...

Climate and Health Capacity Survey

Report,

Climate and Health,

Vector-Borne Disease,

Informatics and Surveillance,

Food and Water Safety,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Health Equity,

COVID-19,

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.

Legal Considerations for Scaling Monkeypox Vaccination Efforts

Health Policy Update,

Federal Government Affairs,

Public Health Law,

State Health Policy,

Pandemics,

Vaccine Distribution,

COVID-19,

Alabama,

Alaska,

Idaho,

Oregon,

South Dakota,

Washington, D.C.,

Maggie Davis,

Emergency Powers,

LGBTQ+,

Emerging Infectious Diseases,

Maine

Public health officials from all levels of government are working to respond to the existing outbreak of monkeypox, while preparing for the potential of more widespread transmission.

Considerations for Maternal Child Health Policies and Public Health Emergencies

Report,

State Health Policy,

Infectious Disease,

Preparedness,

Alabama,

Arizona,

Idaho,

Nebraska,

New Mexico,

North Carolina,

Oregon,

Utah,

Women, Infant, Family Health Mental Health

This report analyzes way that public health officials can mitigate the impact of disasters on pregnant people, neonates, and infants through a variety of policies, including policies related to ...

Louisiana Aims to Recharge Neighbors’ Battery-Powered Life Support Equipment

Brief,

Preparedness,

At-Risk Populations,

Disability Inclusion,

Louisiana

The Louisiana Department of Health has developed Power Outage Partners, a first-of-its-kind program to recruit owners of stand-by residential generators to recharge the batteries of neighbors’ life ...

State, Territorial Health Policies Strengthening Emergency Preparedness Efforts

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Territorial Health Policy,

Climate and Health,

Injury and Violence Prevention,

Disability Inclusion,

Natural Disasters,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

California,

Colorado,

Illinois,

Massachusetts,

New Jersey,

New York,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Oregon,

Washington,

Adrianna Evans

While COVID-19 is still present and ever-changing, public health professionals must also grapple with new challenges such as monkeypox, increasing firearm homicide, and widespread heat waves. In the ...

Embedded: Delaware Stands Up a Functional Assessment Service Team

People of Public Health,

At-Risk Populations,

Pandemics,

Vaccine Distribution,

Delaware,

Debra Young,

Disability Inclusion,

Embedded

The COVID-19 pandemic provided an unprecedented opportunity to speed up developing Delaware’s Functional Assessment Service Team and to test it at scale.

Lessons Learned from Moving to Virtual/Hybrid EOCs in the COVID-19 Response

Brief,

Preparedness,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

COVID and Workforce,

Mississippi,

North Carolina,

Texas,

Public Health Transformation

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Emergency Operations Centers played a vital role as health department leaders implemented and coordinated response objectives, plans, and activities. The lessons learned ...