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300: New Tool for Suicide, Overdose, ACEs
November 08, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.87 MBCaitlin Langhorne Griffith, ASTHO’s Director of Behavioral Health, unveils a new public health tool known as SPACECAT, or Suicide, Overdose and Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool; Talyah Sands, ASTHO Director of Health Improvement, discusses a new article written for the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice about a project to help agencies in Georgia better coordinate their work on behalf of older adults; ASTHO has won the 2022 Fries Prize for the o...
299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern
November 07, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.78 MBDr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, releases a statement addressing the response to a spike in respiratory infections; Dr. Jose Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, addresses the latest concerns about the rise in respiratory infections across the country; Jeanne Ayers, former State Health Officer for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and now the Executive Director for Healthy Democracy Healthy People, explains the connections bet...
298: Washington’s Opioid Agreement
November 04, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.4 MBDr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for the State of Washington, discusses a settlement with three companies the state says played a key role in driving the opioid epidemic; Donna Levin, Director of Act for Public Health, discusses the legal landscape of public health in a new ASTHO Trailblazer interview; and Public Health Thank You Day is Monday, November 21st. Washington State News Release: AG Ferguson – Half-billion dollars to fight opioid epidemic will start flowing Dec. 1 ASTHO Blog...
297: Virus Triple Threat
November 03, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.76 MBDr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, discusses concerns with RSV infections and the triple threat that comes with treating those cases at the same time people are getting sick with the flu and COVID-19; Dr. Mark Starr, Deputy Director of Environmental Health for the California Department of Public Health, tells us about One Health Day; and Monday, November 21st is Public Health Thank You Day. One Health Commission Webpage...
296: Data Model for Violence Prevention
November 02, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.06 MBDr. Steven Stack, ASTHO President-Elect and Kentucky Public Health Commissioner, discusses Kentucky’s new online system to report foodborne illnesses; Ankur Jain, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics, examines a violence prevention model developed in Cardiff Wales and founded on data that is beginning to attract interest in the United States; ASTHO is hiring an Assistant Controller, a Director of Workforce Development, and an Advisor of Public Health Infr...
295: Island Policy Working Group
November 01, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.86 MBKarl Ensign, ASTHO’s Vice President for Territorial Support, discusses the idea behind the Island Areas Workgroup, which is celebrating one year of connecting territories, freely associated states, and federal partners; ASTHO is making the case to include island areas in federal public health data sets; Dr. David Goodman, Team Lead for the Maternal Mortality Prevention Program at the CDC, responds to a new CDC report that says more than 84 percent of pregnancy-related deaths that occurred be...
294: Public Health on the Ballot
October 31, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.78 MBJeanne Ayers, Executive Director of Healthy Democracy Healthy People and an ASTHO alum, discusses the impact of voting on public health; Grace Lee, Senior Analyst for Infectious Disease Infrastructure and Policy, authored a blog article about the increase of healthcare-associated infections; ASTHO members are taking action to help breastfeeding parents adapt to barriers created by the pandemic; and ASTHO tracks legislative and policy developments in Washington and across the states and terri...
293: Delaware Youth Go Positive in New Campaign
October 28, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.41 MBKatie Capelli, an Epidemiologist in the Office of Health Crisis Response at the Delaware Division of Public Health, discusses a new public service campaign to promote a positive, drug free, lifestyle to youth across the state; Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for the Washington State Department of Health, attends an event with Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, and Governor Jay Inslee where green energy buses for several school districts in the state were announced; ...
292: Massachusetts Wins Genomics Center Work
October 27, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.32 MBMargret Cooke, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, says the CDC has selected her state to develop one of five Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence in the country; there are new and updated Women's Prevention Services Initiative recommendations created by The Health Resources and Services Administration; and Heather Sebero, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses how public health policy can benefit from good storytelling. Massachusetts...
291: Vermont’s New “Facing Suicide” Campaign
October 26, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.68 MBDr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, discusses the state’s new Facing Suicide VT campaign, which focuses on encouraging people to discuss the issue of suicide; ASTHO is working with states and territories to highlight the importance of partnering with the autism community on emergency preparedness; there is still time to get a seat in this afternoon’s Insight and Inspiration event; and ASTHO is hiring to fill several positions. Facing Suicide VT Webpage Heal...
290: Healthy Aging Policy Trends
October 25, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.56 MBClaire Pendergrast, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, discusses a survey of healthy aging policy actions enacted across the states and territories; Dr. LeQuandra Nesbitt, former Director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, considers the relationship between social sciences and decision making in a recent panel hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine while Dr. Erica Pan, California State Epidemiologist, explains how St...
289: Monkeypox Communication Strategies
October 24, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.26 MBDr. Carlton Thomas, a gastroenterologist in San Diego, discusses a recent CDC report on monkeypox which he says is an argument in favor of communicating on mobile apps and other platforms that are familiar to people in at-risk communities; Kyle Gasaway, ASTHO Analyst for Leadership Development, explains how a Simon Sinek master trainer will help you discover the why to your public health work; ASTHO has a tip sheet that could help implement an equity-centered approach to the RFP process; and...
288: ACIP Immunization Decisions Explained
October 21, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.45 MBIn a special episode of the newscast, Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, explains the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decision earlier this week. The committee voted Thursday to add pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to the CDC’s immunization schedule for children. ASTHO News Release: Statement from ASTHO on COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations
287: New Disability Preparedness Toolkit
October 20, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.64 MBDawn Skaggs, Emergency, Disaster, and Climate Resilience Specialist for the World Institute on Disability, promotes a new Public Health Emergency Planning Toolkit to help agencies better serve people living with disabilities during emergencies; Lillie Seals, Director of Practice Transformation at the National Community Action Partnership, says members of the Partnering for Vaccine Equity Project had a productive meeting recently; Alaska, New Mexico, and Montana are working to deliver better ...
286: Creative Vaccine Strategies
October 19, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.49 MBMargaret Jaco Manecke, the Director of Practice Improvement at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, is looking for public health professionals to join the Council’s next annual learning community; an ASTHO work group recommends improvements to national guidelines governing cancer cluster investigations; Geetika Nadkarni, ASTHO’s Director of Chronic Infectious Disease, provides an update on members of the Partnering for Vaccine Equity Project meeting recently to review their progress; a...
285: COVID-19 Spending Oversight
October 18, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.57 MBJeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, says oversight of COVID-19 spending might increase if midterm elections lead to change in U.S. House leadership ; Heidi Westermann, ASTHO’s Director of Public Health Systems and Planning, says two new training modules are available to help ASTHO members learn to visualize data and incorporate quality improvement in their planning processes; a team effort in the U.S. Virgin Islands is helping leaders improve the way they manage imp...
284: Public Health Careers Website Launches
October 17, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.04 MBJoanne Pearsol, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce Development discusses the debut of ASTHO’s new public health jobs website, publichealthcareers.org; an ASTHO blog article assesses Tennessee’s progress on Opioid Use Disorder throughout its maternal and child health population; there is a little more than a week left to sign up for ASTHO’s Insight and Inspiration event on October 26th; and ASTHO outlines accessible communication strategies in a blog article. Public Health Careers Webpage AST...
283: New National Children’s Health Survey
October 14, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.64 MBChrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, is joined by local public health directors to discuss public interest in the new COVID-19 booster; ASTHO is working with the National Community Action Partnership and five Community Action Agencies in the Partnering for Vaccine Equity project; Dr. Reem M. Ghandour, Director, Division of Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration, talks about the new National Survey...
282: Pandemic Achievements
October 13, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.88 MBDr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, talks about an article he helped author in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, which discusses the work public health did in response to the pandemic; Bea Martinez, Southern Coordinator for the Office of Community Health Workers with the New Mexico Department of Health, addresses efforts to help improve the health of Hispanic communities; ASTHO publishes a blog about how state and territorial health officials are working to...
281: Medicaid Approves Housing Waiver
October 12, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.23 MBCaroline Brazeel, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Population Health and Innovation, discusses two demonstration waivers, one which allows Oregon to provide housing assistance to some people enrolled in Medicaid, that were approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Scott Shone, ASTHO’s new representative to the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, says he’s ready to keep ASTHO members informed about the panel’...
280: Promoting the new COVID-19 Booster
October 11, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.7 MBDr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, explains what it will take to convince more people to get the new COVID-19 booster shot; ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser attends a White House Summit on Indoor Air Quality today; Priya Shah, an ASTHO Analyst for Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, discusses ways ASTHO members can integrate healthy aging principles into their policies and programs; and the ASTHO Maternal and Infant Health team is hosting a conversation on home vi...
279: Stretching to Improve Equity
October 07, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 8.03 MBAlicia Justice, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Programmatic Health Equity Initiatives and Strategy, talks about the Strategies to Repair Equity and Transform Community Health project, also known as STRETCH; Danny Staley, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Public Health Practice and Programs, explains how communication is a critical part of hurricane planning, response, and recovery; ASTHO’s next Insight and Inspiration event is set for October 26th; ASTHO’s Maternal and Infant Health team is hos...
278: How to Push Back on STDs
October 06, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.36 MBDr. Leandro Mena, Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC, discusses the latest preliminary data that counts 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis last year; Reyna Olaguez, Executive Director of South Kern Sol, explains how her organization is helping to vaccinate people in underserved communities; two members of ASTHO’s family and child health team are talking about their work on a podcast; and get more news like this in ASTHO’s Public Health weekly ...
277: Modernize WIC
October 05, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.8 MBBrian Dittmeier, Senior Director of Public Policy for the National WIC Association, discusses ways to modernize the WIC program; Ali Hard, Senior Policy Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at the USDA, says states have more flexibility to work with infant formula manufacturers, which means more options for families enrolled in WIC programs; Allison Budzinski, Trauma and Resilience Coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, explains how ASTHO’s School Behavioral Health Learnin...
276: Learning from NASA
October 04, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.93 MBDr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, says public health could learn a lot from America’s space agency; Joshua Berry, ASTHO’s Director of Chronic Disease Risk Factors, discusses ways that ASTHO remains focused on providing members with the information they need to keep communities heart healthy; Judy Persichilli, New Jersey Health Commissioner, has been honored with her name on the building where she works; and ASTHO will release its latest Best Of newsletter on Thursday,...
275: PH Can Help End Hunger
October 03, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 8.2 MBASTHO CEO Michael Fraser reflects on last week’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, makes a seasonal vaccine pitch during a recent appearance on a Maine Public Radio call-in show; Jessica Frain, a school mental health consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, explains how Wisconsin education and public health officials are working to...
274: Disaster Planning Tools
September 30, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.28 MBAnnie Evans, ASTHO’s Director of Preparedness and Disability Integration, talks about two tools that examine the needs of people living with disabilities who suffer disproportionate impacts of disasters; Dr. Kristina Box, State Health Commissioner for the Indiana Department of Health, discusses the importance of businesses as pandemic messengers; since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states are now utilizing data visualization tools to create interactive maps; and make plans to lear...
273: Classroom Mental Health
September 29, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.4 MBDr. Sharon Hoover, Co-Director of the National Center for School Mental Health, describes how students are wrestling with mental health challenges; Stephen Massey, Director of the Health Action Alliance, discusses a playbook to guide businesses looking to get ready for the next public health emergency; and ASTHO has gathered examples of policies members have developed to promote emergency preparedness work. Health Action Alliance Webpage Pandemic Preparedness Plan Webpage ASTHO Blog Ar...
272: Oregon’s Regional Health Equity Coalitions
September 28, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.44 MBJeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, discusses a White House summit he attended in recognition of National Recovery Month; Mike Fraser, ASTHO’s CEO is heading to the White House for the bipartisan Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; Danielle Droppers, Regional Health Equity Coalition Program Manager at the Oregon Health Authority, explains several new regional health equity coalitions Oregon is creating to give communities a stronger voice on public health m...
271: Minnesota Eyes Maternal Disparities
September 27, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.02 MBDr. Brooke Cunningham, Assistant Commissioner for the Health Equity Bureau with the Minnesota Department of Health, details a report that examined maternal deaths from 2017 to 2018; an ASTHO blog article explains how states and the federal government have taken steps to improve health outcomes for pregnant people; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, explains a new report to help agencies better serve pregnant people and infants during a crisis; and ASTHO examines the valu...
270: Tracking Polio in New York
September 26, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.29 MBDr. Jim McDonald, Medical Director for the New York State Department of Health, discusses the discovery of polio in wastewater in at least two NY counties; Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, explains legislation moving to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; a new ASTHO report highlights hiring practices that support states integrating community health workers into their workforce throughout the COVID-19 response; and...
269: Urging COVID Booster Uptake
September 23, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.59 MBDr. Steven Stack, ASTHO President-Elect, discusses the new COVID-19 booster designed to protect against the latest variants; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, explains the need to bring health care and public health closer together in an ASTHO blog article; Carolyn Wester, Director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis with the CDC, looks at a new CDC report that says not enough people diagnosed with Hepatitis C receive timely treatment; and The National Center for Healthy Housing and Regional As...
268: ACEs Legislative Scan
September 22, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.32 MBDr. Jonathan Purtle, Associate Professor at New York University's School of Global Public Health, discusses an ASTHO report on preventing adverse childhood experiences; Lisa Peterson, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Preparedness, talks about ASTHO’s webinars for National Preparedness Month; Stephen Massey, Director of the Health Action Alliance, previews a pandemic preparedness summit; and ASTHO is planning a discussion of the Simon Sinek Golden Circle framework during a new Insight and Inspirat...
267: Managing Septic Grants
September 21, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.97 MBLance Gregory, Environmental Health Division Director with the Virginia Department of Health, discusses Septic Smart Week and the demand for the agency’s Septic and Well Assistance Program; Joel Cantor, Director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, explains a project to study population health concerns in New Jersey; and this week is also Falls Prevention Awareness Week. ASTHO Blog Article: Promoting Successful Onsite Wastewater Treatment Programs Health IT Analytics Webpage: N...
266: ASTHO’s New President-Elect
September 20, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 8.04 MBDr. Steven Stack, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, and new ASTHO President-Elect, discusses the role and the pandemic’s impact on public health; Chris Taylor, ASTHO’s Director of Infectious Disease Outbreak Response and Recovery, tells how public health leaders can help their employees recover from pandemic fatigue; and Michael Fraser, ASTHO’s CEO, is in the news talking about COVID-19’s health debt. ASTHO Blog Article: Building a Culture of Care: Leadership in Pu...
265: Maternal Health Crisis Blueprint
September 19, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.38 MBDr. Jamila Perritt, President and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, discusses the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis; Emma Talkington, ASTHO Environmental Health Analyst, explains why ASTHO has released a proclamation calling attention to the work agencies have done to ensure safe onsite wastewater treatment systems; and Anna Bradley, State Health Improvement Plan Coordinator for the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, discusses her w...
264: New PH Job Website
September 16, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.06 MBJoanne Pearsol, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce Development, discusses a new careers website helping people and organizations connect; Mike Fraser, ASTHO’s Chief Executive Officer, joined an online news conference to discuss a White House proposal that would provide billions in emergency funding for the Monkeypox response; a report in the American Journal of Public Health found that only 19 of 41 state and territorial health agencies responding to a survey last year said they had a climate and...
263: Youth Worried About Climate Change
September 15, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.61 MBRachael Banks, Public Health Director for the Oregon Health Authority Division of Public Health, discusses the results of a new study exploring the connections between climate change and youth mental health; Rebecca Fronberg, Program Manager at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, talks about how ASTHO has provided $75,000 in grants to help create lactation spaces in 52 businesses around the state; and an ASTHO blog article reminds members that it’s always a good time to work on...
262: Meet ASTHO’s New President
September 14, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.52 MBDr. Anne Zink, ASTHO’s New Board President and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, looks at the year ahead and the work she hopes to continue; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses the White House request for emergency monkeypox funding; and you're invited to sign up for ASTHO’s Public Health Weekly newsletter. ASTHO News Release: Anne Zink, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Alaska Department of Health, Announced as ASTHO’s 80th President National Coalition of STD Directors Webpage: National Monke...
261: ASTHO’s Outgoing President
September 13, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.48 MBDr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO’s Outgoing Board President, reflects on his time leading the organization during the COVID-19 pandemic; ASTHO has a new webinar series to help you prepare for a public health emergency; and make sure you are among the first to know what’s going on in Washington D.C. and in state capitols across the nation with ASTHO public health legislative alerts. ASTHO Webpage: National Preparedness Month Webinar Series ASTHO Webpage: Newsletters
260: ASTHO’s Impact on Public Health
September 12, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.45 MBASTHO CEO Mike Fraser previews his State of ASTHO address to members meeting this week in Atlanta; Mark Miller, Vice President of Communications for the de Beaumont Foundation, says when it comes to restoring trust in public health, there are no shortcuts; and you can sign up to receive ASTHO’s Public Health Weekly newsletter. STAT News: Restoring trust in public health – There are no shortcuts Amazon: Talking Health – A New Way to Communicate About Public Health ASTHO Public Health ...
259: Training for Diverse Public Health Pros
September 09, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.37 MBJill Miller, Interim Deputy Director, Family Health Services, Alameda County Public Health Department, shares how she learned new leadership skills as a scholar in ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program; ASTHO surveys digital tools agencies used to conduct contact tracing investigations during the COVID-19 pandemic; a pair of training modules is available to help ASTHO members learn to visualize data and incorporate quality improvement into planning processes; and you ca...
258: Public Health AmeriCorps Explained
September 08, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.74 MBAJ Pearlman, Director of Public Health AmeriCorps, shares the organization’s plan to get more people into public health positions across the nation; ASTHO explains legal considerations for agencies working to vaccinate people against Monkeypox; Shelby Rowell, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst for Clinical to Community Connections, explains a project to help states and territories leverage funding to address food insecurity; and ASTHO encourages you to sign up for its Public Health Weekly newsletter ema...
257: Life Expectancy Data Sounds Alarm
September 07, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.61 MBDr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, says new CDC life expectancy data sounds an alarm for public health and the nation; ASTHO shares how public health leaders can help their teams recover from the pandemic; Dr. Frederic Bertley, President and CEO of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio, shares tips with public health communicators meeting in Atlanta last month; and ASTHO lists several job openings. ASTHO Blog Article: Building a Culture...
256: Helping Youth in Crisis
September 06, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.64 MBHeather Sebero, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses the alarming mental health crisis impacting young people across the country; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect and the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, examines a new CDC report that says life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped; the COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the need for public health to build partnerships; and ASTHO legislative alerts are the best way to monitor important policy and budget d...
255: New Naloxone Strategy
September 02, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.98 MBDr. Nabarun Dasgupta, Innovation Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, discusses a new way to get more generic Naloxone to people who need it; Colorado works with six counties to respond to the challenges of suicide and overdose; Dr. Greg Holzman, former State Medical Officer at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, helps Wisconsin revive its Public Health Council as part of ASTHO’s Senior Leader Reserve Corps...
254: Addressing Monkeypox Inequities
September 01, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.21 MBDr. Susan Kansagra, North Carolina State Health Officer and Assistant Secretary for Public Health, discusses disparities in the Monkeypox response; Meredith Alexander, Senior Analyst for Performance Excellence, explains how the Senior Leader Reserve Corps can assist ASTHO members looking for extra help with a project; and ASTHO’s new Speakers Bureau is ready to help you find an expert for your next event. ASTHO Webpage: Senior Leader Reserve Corps
253: Breastfeeding Policies
August 31, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutes - 5.96 MBDeborah Backman, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst for Maternal and Infant Health, calls attention to policies in place to protect breastfeeding during National Breastfeeding Month; Dr. Gary Anthone, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Public Health for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, discusses the importance of National Immunization Awareness Month; for International Overdose Awareness Day, ASTHO has a video highlighting work Colorado has done to address this concern; and ASTHO...
252: Offering Flu and COVID Vaccines Together
August 30, 2022 09:00 - 3 minutes - 5.09 MBDr. Gillian SteelFisher, Director of Global Polling for the Harvard Opinion Research Program, reveals what polling tells us about public interest in COVID-19 booster shots; Kim Martin, ASTHO’s Director of Immunization, says National Immunization Awareness Month is the perfect time for public health agencies to talk to their communities about vaccines; and ASTHO's new Speakers Bureau has several public health leaders available to join your next event. CDC Webpage: National Immunization Awar...
251: Software Tool Tackles Online Misinformation
August 29, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.6 MBIn a special edition of the newscast, Connie Moon Sehat, a Researcher at Large with Hacks and Hackers, discusses a software tool that will help organizations evaluate and respond to social media misinformation and disinformation. The conversation took place while attending the 2022 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media, hosted by the National Public Health Information Coalition and the CDC. NPHIC Webpage: 2022 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketin...