390: Impact of Community on PH, Indigenous Data Justice

On Day One of National Public Health Week, Dr. Steven J. Stack, Commissioner for Public Health with the Kentucky Department for Public Health, kicks off our coverage of National Public Health Week with a focus on how the idea of community impacts public health; Abigail Echo-Hawk, Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, explains how indigenous data justice can lead to more meaningful policy decisions; ASTHO issues a statement supporting the EPA’s plans to address PFAS chemicals in drinking water; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, and Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, join a discussion about the public health workforce on April 4th; the PH-HERO Workforce Resource Center is now available online; and Dr. José Romero, an ASTHO alum and now Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, is featured in the ASTHO Leadership Trailblazer series. 

NPHW Daily Themes- Community

Health Equity Summit: A Movement for Justice 

ASTHO Statement on U.S. EPA’s Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation

Lunch and Learn: "Workforce Exodus in State and Local Public Health: The Numbers, the Reality, and the Solutions"

PH-HERO Workforce Resource Center

Leadership Trailblazer Spotlight: José R. Romero, CDC Director of NCIRD