Resources

Leveraging the NIH Bookshelf to Showcase Health Agency Research

Quality Improvement Plan Guide: Guidance and Resources to Assist State and Territorial Health Agencies

Organizational Strategic Planning Guide

Document Management Systems

Wildfire and Wildfire Smoke Guidance and Resources

Legal and Policy Considerations for Public Health Technology Adoption: An Exploratory Guide

Dear Colleague Letter Template: Long COVID Communication

Long COVID Resource Guide: Tools Plus Insights from State and Territorial Initiatives

Optimizing Governmental Public Health Recruitment and Hiring Recommendation to Action Worksheet

Prioritizing Economic Support Policies to Prevent ACEs and Promote Public Health

State Resiliency Hub

Data Sharing Lessons from Alaska

Improving a State’s Process for Disclosing Data for Public Health Purposes to Tribal Public Health Organizations

Impact of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommendations on State Law

Island Areas Workgroup: Methodology for Annual Reports

Leveraging WIC Collaborations to Address Syphilis

Syphilis Testing in Correctional Facilities Reduces Infection Rates

Syphilis Campaign Planning Project

Public Health Data Disclosure or Request Readiness Assessment

A Guide for Sustainable Public Health Accreditation

Foundational Planning Readiness Organizational Self-Assessment

State Funding Requirements for Core Public Health Services in Local Health Agencies: A Legal Overview

Strategies for Enhancing Governmental Public Health Workforce Well-Being and Retention Recommendation to Action Worksheet

Procuring Contractor Support to Build a Data Dashboard

Social Media Toolkit for Health Departments

Workforce Planning Guide: Guidance, Tools, and Resources to Assist Public Health Agencies in Workforce Planning

2025 Primary Care Office Annual Workforce Assessment

Community Action Plan Templates for Children’s Environmental Health

Successful Informatics Alignment

Advancing Health Equity in the Overdose Crisis Response

Best Practices to Leverage Partnerships to Support Health Equity: An Implementation Cheat Sheet

Healthy People Coordinator Description Template

Health in All Policies Evaluation Tool for State and Local Health Departments

Sustaining DMI: Conditions for Enhanced Funding

Sustaining DMI: A State Health Official’s Guide to Enhanced Funding

Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process

Charter Template and Guide

Media Relations Toolkit for Health Departments

Navigating Public Health Planning with Precision and Purpose

2025 Telehealth Needs Assessment

Developing a Data Dashboard to Address Health Equity Concerns: Insights from Puerto Rico

Branding Resource Guide for Health Departments

Changes to 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for CHI Services

Policy Cheat Sheet

Recipient Orientation Handbook for OD2A State and LOCAL Cooperative Agreements

Health Care Capacity Discussion Guide

2023 Fall and Winter Respiratory Illness Season

A Blueprint for Workplace Health Equity Circles

Opioid Preparedness Exercise in a Box

CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, 2022: Resources for Decision-Makers

Islands Health Equity Framework

Overdose Data to Action Recipient Health Equity Needs Assessment Overview

Health Equity Policy Resource

ASTHO’s Health Equity toolkit was created to help public health leaders address health inequities by building diverse and inclusive coalitions.

Impacting Social Determinants of Health Through Managed Care Contracts

How-To Guide: Engaging Island Jurisdiction Partners

ASTHO developed this guide to assist island jurisdictions’ health departments to develop partnerships and engagement.

Opioid Use Disorder Tool: Supporting the Public Health Response in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health

Environmental Health Policy Guides

Cyanobacterial Blooms and Associated Illnesses: A Clinician Training Module for Physicians and Health Care Providers

Early Brain Development Approaches for Public Health Leaders

Strategic Planning Tools, Resources, and Considerations for Overdose Data to Action-Funded Jurisdictions

Legionella Communications Factsheet: A Guide for Health Agency Staff

Innovative Partnerships for Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention

Using Water Quality Monitoring Data for Your Building Water Management Program

Developing a State Health Improvement Plan: Guidance and Resources

Measuring Customer Satisfaction: Nine Steps to Success