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400: Four Trust Strategies, Modernizing STI Approaches
April 17, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.28 MBOn the 400th episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition, Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Senior Associate Dean at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health, identifies four strategies to restore trust in public health; Dr. Leandro Mena, the Director of the Division of STD Prevention at CDC, says new approaches can help prevent STDs; a new ASTHO blog shares community design strategies to improve population health; and ASTHO announces Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Gold Sponso...
399: Trust Strategies, Congress Gets Back to Work
April 14, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.15 MBDr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Senior Associate Dean at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health, reflects on restoring trust in public health; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director of Government Affairs, tells us what to expect when Congress is back in session; ASTHO issues a statement supporting the Biden Administration's designation of Fentanyl and Xylazine as an emerging threat to the U.S.; online registration is open for ASTHO’s Health Equity Summit; and registration for AS...
398: Reducing STI Stigma, Community Engagement Benefits
April 13, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.21 MBFor STI Awareness Week, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, former State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, discusses STI treatment and prevention; ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink urges providers to test their patients for syphilis; a new ASTHO micro-learning translates successful STI interventions into accessible and easy-to-understand tools; Kimberly Brazwell, CEO and Founder of Kimistry, promotes the consideration of qualitative data to improve public health; and rural communities...
397: Nominate a PH Pro, Clean Drinking Water
April 12, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.14 MBDr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says registration is open for the new "40 Under 40 in Public Health" cohort which recognizes creativity and innovation in public health leaders; Michael Abbott, Associate Director of the Maine CDC Division of Environmental and Community Health, is encouraged by the EPA’s proposed PFAS drinking water standards; a new ASTHO blog article addresses reducing and preventing firearm violence; childhood food insecurity is a major ...
396: Nutrition is Public Health, Measuring PH Trust
April 11, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.65 MBOn the final day of National Public Health Week, Laura Holtrop-Kohl, Utah Department of Health and Human Services HEAL Public Health Nutritionist, explains the value of making nutritious food widely available; an ASTHO blog article explains how food security and good nutrition support positive mental health; Dr. Gillian Steel-Fisher, Director of Global Polling at the Harvard Opinion Research Program, says a large portion of Americans trust public health agencies; ASTHO's website, publichealt...
395: Invisible Disabilities, Is PH Ready or Not?
April 10, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.8 MBOn Day Six of National Public Health Week, Dr. Alexis Travis, former Senior Deputy Director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, says accessibility accommodations must continually evolve to be effective; Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of the Trust for America’s Health, discusses the results of the organization's 2023 Ready or Not report; registration to attend ASTHO’s Health Equity Summit online is still open; and it’s STI Awareness Week. NPHW Daily Theme: Acc...
394: Rural Health Solutions, Healthy People 2030 Training
April 07, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.57 MBOn Day Five of National Public Health Week, Elke Shaw-Tulloch, Idaho Public Health Administrator for the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, explains the challenges facing rural health care; a new ASTHO micro-learning teaches the connection between the Healthy People 2030 framework, the Public Health Accreditation Board Standards, and health equity; ASTHO and the National Governors Association host a webinar on the future of emergency response capabilities in the new legal landscape; and A...
393: Mental Health is Public Health, Washington Post Opinion
April 06, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 9.44 MBOn Day Four of National Public Health Week, Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of Health at the Vermont Department of Health, says mental health must be considered if we want to advance public health; Kate Woodsome with the Washington Post discusses key points she included in an opinion article written about the nation's teen mental health crisis; ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink and ASTHO Past President Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott discuss ways to support people working in public health; and ASTHO an...
392: Emergency Contraception, PH Workforce Panel
April 05, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.41 MBOn Day Three of National Public Health Week, Kelly Cleland, Executive Director of the American Society for Emergency Contraception, says college students need access to emergency contraception and related services; a new ASTHO blog article outlines how community partnership can improve access to family planning; ASTHO CEO Dr. Mike Fraser is part of a panel to discuss ways to improve the state of the public health workforce; and there is still time to register for ASTHO’s Health Equity Summit...
391: Heartbreaking Gun Violence, ACIP Explained
April 04, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.11 MBOn Day Two of National Public Health Week, Rich Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, discusses policies that would help reduce gun violence in America; the Public Health Foundation has a new video explaining the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, and Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, join an online discussion today about the public health workforce hosted by Health Affairs; and registration is open for ASTHO’s Public Health Te...
390: Impact of Community on PH, Indigenous Data Justice
April 03, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.65 MBOn 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 drin...
389: Seeking School Lunch Comments, Debt Ceiling Discussions
March 31, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.78 MBShannon Vance, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst, Family and Child Health, encourages ASTHO members to comment on the USDA's proposed standards for school lunch and breakfast programs; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, outlines the debt ceiling discussions happening between Congress and the White House; our coverage of National Public Health Week starts Monday; and the ASTHO Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum announces Google as a gold sponsor. Federal Register: Chil...
388: Tribal Vaccine Messaging, Celebrating a Family of 163 Doctors
March 30, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 10.1 MBGary Lankford, Advances in Indian Health Care Program Director at the Association of American Indian Physicians, explains vaccine messaging that appeals to American Indian and Alaskan Native populations; Dr. Laura Chanchien Parajon, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Health at New Mexico Department of Health, discusses National Doctor’s Day and her ancestral ties to primary care and public health; the ASTHO Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum announces premier sponsor Palantir; and registration...
387: Women Leading ASTHO, Attending TechXpo
March 29, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 10.5 MBDr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, celebrates women who've held ASTHO leadership positions over the last several decades; Jamie Pina, ASTHO's Vice President of Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics, discusses the 2023 ASTHO Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum; and a new ASTHO video recognizes Dr. José Romero, Director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, for his leadership ...
386: Dealing with Xylazine, Island Care for Veterans
March 28, 2023 09:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBDr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, discusses the dangers of Xylazine, a strong tranquilizer, and how to treat patients who have ingested it; Moses Pretrick, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Department of Health & Social Affairs (DHSA) Assistant Secretary, outlines improvements needed to increase access to care for U.S. veterans living in the territories and freely associated states; registration is now open for people interested in atte...
385: ASTHO Budget Pitch, Workforce Policy Approaches
March 27, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.16 MBDr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medical Officer, testifies before a House appropriations subcommittee in Washington D.C. seeking sustainable and flexible public health funding; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, explains how health agencies can use policy as a tool to build a stronger workforce; ASTHO’s PH-HERO Workforce Resource Center offers resources to help agencies build successful teams; and a new blog article celebrates women who have made a differe...
384: New School Lunch Guidelines, ASTHO Testifies Before Congress
March 24, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 9.3 MBCindy Long, Administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, says a new set of proposed school lunch guidelines are an important step to putting kids on a path to healthy lifestyles; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, outlined Dr. Anne Zink’s testimony to Congress yesterday in this week’s “View from Washington D.C.” report; today is World TB Day, which is an opportunity to focus on the work to end the tuberculosis epidemic that claimed 1.6 million lives worldw...
383: Breastfeeding Partners, USVI Priorities
March 23, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.28 MBCarl Route Jr., Program Director for Reaching our Brothers Everywhere, says his group is on a mission to educate, equip, and empower men to increase breastfeeding rates and decrease infant mortality rates in the African-American community; Justa Encarnacion, Health Commissioner and Chief Public Health Officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands, discusses her team’s agenda for life after the pandemic; and leaders attending ASTHO’s Health Equity Summit for two days next month in Atlanta will learn ho...
382: Suicide Rates Climbing, Mental Health Funding Opportunities
March 22, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.99 MBDeborah Stone, Behavioral Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains that after two consecutive years of declines, U.S. suicide rates increased in 2021, nearly returning to their 2018 peak; Hannah Wesolowski, Chief Advocacy Officer with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, outlines the unique opportunity to invest in mental health; and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will discuss its goals for improving maternal health outcomes on March...
381: Pandemic Polling, Ending the PH Emergency
March 21, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MBAlyssa Boyea, ASTHO Director for Infectious Disease Preparedness, highlights resources to help public health agencies improve their COVID-19 communication and messaging approaches; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, discusses issues related to the end of the public health emergency on May 11th; an ASTHO blog addresses breastfeeding resources for women who are incarcerated; Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for Washington State, is part of a na...
380: Immunization Exemption Strategies, Island Area Funding Pitch
March 20, 2023 09:00 - 5 minutes - 8.07 MBHeather Tomlinson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Immunizations, reminds us in an ASTHO blog article that there are strategies to reduce the impact of non-medical immunization exemptions; the CDC has added COVID-19 vaccinations to its immunization schedule in its latest update; and Gaafar Uherbelau, Minister of Health for the Palau Ministry of Health and Human Services, provides the latest updates on talks between Congress and the U.S. island areas looking to improve funding for health care in the...
379: Changes to Emergency Powers, Hill Gives ASTHO Recess Homework
March 17, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 9.43 MBGregory Sunshine, Public Health Analyst with the Centers for Disease Control, explains how state and territorial emergency powers have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic; and Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, tells us what Congress wants to know in her latest “View from Washington D.C.” report. ASTHO Blog Article: New Study Published in Journal of Emergency Management Highlights Shifts in State and Territorial Emergency Powers Since ...
378: PH Losing People, History Impacts Equity
March 16, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.31 MBDr. Brian Castrucci, CEO and President of the de Beaumont Foundation, talks about data that shows public health is on track to lose 130,000 people by 2025; an ASTHO blog article discusses how colonialism, military presence, and political influence all have had an impact on disparities in the eight territories and freely associated states; and Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, offers his opinion on how state and territorial health officials should be prominent...
377: Lingering Pandemic Impacts, Screening for Syphilis
March 15, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.32 MBDr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for Alabama Public Health, addresses the startling statistic that there have been more deaths in Alabama than births for two straight years; Nada Hassanein, Health Inequities Reporter for USA Today, writes about the nation’s congenital syphilis trend and calls attention to the lack of care for pregnant people and their newborns; ASTHO has a webinar at the end of the month to help attendees learn how to leverage the community perinatal workforce as a str...
376: Dire Workforce Prediction, PH Tech Talk
March 14, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBDr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says workforce data indicates public health agencies could lose nearly 130,000 employees by 2025; J.T. Lane, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Population Health and Innovation, says agencies can learn about the latest technology innovations at ASTHO’s Public Health TechXpo; and an ASTHO blog article discusses how the organization partnered with the Ohio Department of Health to include people living with disabilities in pr...
375: PH Communications Poll, Cultivating Gen Z Advocates
March 13, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.23 MBAlec Tyson, Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, explains the results of a recent poll that confirms the challenges public health agencies had communicating pandemic decisions; Emily Dore, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Klick Health, hopes attendees will leave an ASTHO webinar with ideas to help them better reach Gen Z audiences; and Devon Page, ASTHO Government Affairs Analyst, says the House is moving ahead with plans to understand how the federal government and the s...
374: New COVID-19 Dashboard, Biden’s Proposed Budget
March 10, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 10.2 MBCarolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Relations, works through the numbers of President Biden’s proposed budget to evaluate the impact on public health funding and programs in this week’s 'View from Washington D.C.' report; and leaders from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services explain the goal behind the agency’s interactive online COVID-19 funding dashboard. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Webpage: COVID-19 Funding...
373: PH Funding Barriers, Planning an Equity Movement
March 09, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.22 MBDr. Thomas Dobbs, former State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health and now dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, urges agencies that fund local public health programs to eliminate the barriers that can get in the way of lifesaving work; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, says justice and health equity are the focus of ASTHO’s 2023 Heal...
372: Pew Polls PH Officials, ASTHO Meets the Administration
March 08, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.33 MBAlec Tyson, Associate Director of Research at the PEW Research Center, previews a survey of Americans’ views of public health officials and their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, discusses meetings ASTHO members had with members of the Biden Administration during their visit to Washington D.C. this week; and ASTHO is hiring for several positions. Pew Research Center Webpage: Lack of Preparedness Among Top R...
371: Tracking COVID Deaths, Building a Justice Movement
March 07, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.78 MBDr. Jonathan Levy, Chair of the Department of Environmental Health with the Boston University School of Public Health, has new research that says white people in Massachusetts now are more likely to die from COVID than black or Hispanic people in the state; Morgan Zialcita, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, discusses the agenda for ASTHO’s 2023 Health Equity Summit in Atlanta in late April; in a blog article Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice P...
370: ASTHO Leaders Convene, Flavored Tobacco Legislation
March 06, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.29 MBAmber Williams, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Leadership & Organizational Performance, says ASTHO members have a busy schedule of meetings with Biden Administration and Congressional officials in Washington, D.C. this week; Parker Beene, ASTHO Senior Policy Analyst, says at least 10 states and Guam have introduced legislation to impose their own limits on the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products; an ASTHO blog article examines how Xylazine is infiltrating the drug supply and bein...
369: Island Officials Advocate, Congressional Mood Toward PH
March 03, 2023 10:00 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBCarolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, previews the work ahead in Congress and ASTHO’s public health policy agenda in the first installment of the View from Washington D.C. report; Alex Wheatley, ASTHO Assistant Director of the Island Support Team, says island officials have a packed agenda in Washington next week to engage policymakers working in the Administration and Congress; and ASTHO’s Fiscal Year 2024 Public Health Appropriations Book i...
368: Island Health Push, Ending the X Waiver
March 02, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 6.92 MBAlex Wheatley, ASTHO Assistant Director of the Island Support Team, says there is an urgent need to approve agreements that continue funding for health programs in several island nations; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Government Affairs & Public Relations, prepares to kick off a new report on the newscast called ‘The View from Washington D.C.’; and Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, discusses the elimination of the X waiver and how it is a wi...
367: Leading on Long COVID, PH Authority Legislative Tracker
March 01, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.11 MBDr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, outlines the role of public health in addressing the challenges of long COVID; Katie Moran McCabe, Lead Law and Policy Analyst with the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University, says more than 1,500 bills to change public health authority have been introduced in state legislatures over the last two years; and ASTHO is hiring for several open positions. ASTHO Blog Article: From the Chief Medical Officer: Leadership Considera...
366: Public Health Roadblocks, New Workforce Resource
February 28, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.02 MBDr. Thomas Dobbs, Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, writes about problems impacting public health, such as underfunding, bureaucracy, and inadequate administrative support, in an article for Health Affairs; Omar Khalid, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce Development, says ASTHO has a new online resource hub to help agencies build resilience among members of their workforce; and five years ago today, ASTHO delivered the first epi...
365: “Unacceptable” Maternal Mortality Rates, Mounting a Vaccination Defense
February 27, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.39 MBDr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, has studied the data in Mississippi’s latest Maternal Mortality Report and says the rates are unacceptable; Heather Tomlinson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Immunizations, explains in a new blog article how members can defend vaccination requirements to their state lawmakers; and there is only one day left to apply to be part of the next cohort enrolled in ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health pro...
364: Illinois’ COVID Experience, Khaldun’s Equity Plan for CVS
February 24, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.86 MBDr. Sameer Vorha, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, is taking note of the disparities laid bare by COVID-19 in a new guest column written for the Chicago Sun-Times; Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer for CVS Health, celebrates her first year on the job; and ASTHO has a blog article asking what leaders can do to help develop resilience among the members of their teams. Chicago Sun-Time News Article: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can ...
363: Live to the Beat Campaign, Pandemic Take-Away
February 23, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 6.98 MBKinetra Joseph, Campaign Director for the CDC Foundation, says the Foundation’s Live to the Beat initiative has had a successful first year; Dr. Christopher King, Dean of the Georgetown University School of Health, spent much of his career studying issues affecting historically marginalized and disenfranchised communities and is using that lens to look at COVID-19 impacts; and an ASTHO report guides readers through challenges and steps associated with developing health equity standards and m...
362: Teen Girls in Crisis, Looking for Diverse Executives
February 22, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.38 MBRobin Matthies, ASTHO’s Director for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, encourages ASTHO members to review a CDC report that says teen girls in the U.S. are in crisis; Harold Gil, a graduate of ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program, was inspired by the program to open his own informatics business; today is your last chance to get a seat in this afternoon’s Insight and Inspiration event; and ASTHO has a few job openings that you can apply for today. CDC Webpage:...
361: RSV Immunization Considered, Making CPR and AEDs More Common
February 21, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.8 MBDr. Christopher Rizzo, Senior U.S. Medical Director for Sanofi, is working on a passive immunization for RSV that could help protect young infants from the virus; Lana McKinney, ASTHO Senior Policy Analyst for State Health Policy, encourages ASTHO members to ask their lawmakers to support the life-saving tools of CPR techniques and AED devices; and the deadline to apply for ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program is Feb. 28th. ASTHO Blog Article: State Policies Promote ...
360: Public Health Deniers, Pacific Islands Equity Summit Begins
February 17, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.49 MBDr. Scott Rivkees, Professor of Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown School of Public Health, writes about the impact of denialism on public health in a guest column published in Washington D.C.’s Hill newspaper; Gaafar Uherbelau, Palau Minister of Health and Human Services, says the 2023 Palau Health Summit will focus the discussion on the importance and impact of health equity; in an ASTHO blog article, Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge pays homage to five of the many ...
359: Vermont’s Pandemic Communications, Gun Violence Grant
February 16, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.56 MBDr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, offers his colleagues some advice in a new ASTHO video about improving public health through data and communication; Dr. David Grossman, Vice President for Social Health and Equity at Kaiser Permanente, shares news about a new financial commitment the company has made to its recently created Center for Gun Violence Research and Education; an ASTHO Blog Article discusses five black women who made “herstory” and today inspire t...
358: FDA Blood Supply Proposal, Improving Perinatal Outcomes
February 15, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.05 MBDr. Elizabeth Tilson, State Health Director and the Chief Medical Officer for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, is optimistic about the FDA’s proposal to use an individual risk assessment when deciding who can or cannot donate blood; Sanaa Akbarali, ASTHO Senior Director for Maternal and Infant Health, helped write an article the Journal of Perinatology about work done in the field and policies in place to support pregnant people; and you can monitor changes in publ...
357: Testing School Vaccination Requirements, Retail Food Safety Focus
February 14, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.77 MBClaire Hannan, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers, is worried some who previously supported bills to prevent mandatory COVID vaccinations now might try to also weaken school vaccination requirements; Abe Kulungara, ASTHO Senior Director of Environment Health, says ASTHO is part of a collaborative to promote retail food safety that will focus on developing a national strategy for adoption of the latest editions of the FDA food code; and Dr. Christopher King, Dean o...
356: New York’s Opioid Partnerships, Arizona’s Mobile Vaccination Clinics
February 13, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.54 MBDr. Jim McDonald, New York State Acting Health Commissioner, says partnerships with people in local communities are key to the state's response to the opioid crisis; Siman Qaasim, Health Equity Administrator for the Arizona Department of Health Services, says Arizona’s mobile COVID-19 vaccine program has vaccinated 150,000 people; a new ASTHO blog talks about how state and territorial health officials can re-establish trust; and you can learn more about managing toxic stress in a new ASTHO I...
355: Healthy Aging Strategies, Helping Make Sense of Public Health
February 10, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.73 MBClaire Pendergrast, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, has new research outlining five key strategies ASTHO members can use to promote healthy aging in their jurisdictions; Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist, created an email newsletter that strives to keep public interest aimed at public health; and ASTHO is hosting a webinar titled “Vaccine Equity: Combating COVID-19 Misinformation” on February 13th. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Artic...
354: Biden’s Opioid Message, Georgetown’s New Health Dean
February 09, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.25 MBRicha Ranade, ASTHO's Senior Director for Overdose Prevention, says it's encouraging to hear President Joe Biden prioritize solutions to the opioid epidemic in his State of the Union address; Dr. Christopher King, the first dean of Georgetown University’s new School of Health, will use his lived experience to raise up the next generation of diverse public health leaders; and Rad Cunningham, Senior Epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of Health, offers a simple strategy for depar...
353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities
February 08, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBErnia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organization hopes to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates with grants to more than 1,400 community health centers nationwide; Sana Chehimi, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Prevention Institute, explains how a new campaign was designed to offer new solutions to violence that plagues many communities; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medi...
352: Redefining Community Safety, New Capitol Hill Leadership
February 07, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.62 MBChrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, says the Community Safety Campaign is about making sure people who live in communities have livable wages, and affordable and safe housing; Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, shares how ASTHO is keeping a close eye on changes in leadership on committees that direct public health policy and funding; ASTHO’s Immediate Past President Dr. Nirav Shah will attend the President’s State of the...
351: A Reporter’s Drug Strategy, Childcare is Public Health
February 06, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.76 MBJulie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has spent the last year reporting on the opioid crisis and offers some advice for public health; Shannon Vance, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Family & Child Health, says the difficulty of finding quality, affordable childcare only increased during the pandemic; and ASTHO’s next webinar will help you discover a more equitable approach when working with people living with disabilities. The Wall Street Journal News Article: Fent...