Public Health Review Morning Edition

Geetika Nadkarni, ASTHO's Director of Infectious Diseases, discusses work to increase vaccine acceptance and uptake; Dr. Mikeisha Oldson, Senior Program Associate at NNPHI, previews an upcoming meeting for new public health workers focused on professional development and mentorship; and ASTHO has tools and resources to help you better support your workforce. ASTHO Blog Article: Partnering with Com...

Dr. Valerie Yeager, Interim Director of the Center for Health Policy at the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health, discusses the need for public health to update hiring practices; Willysha Jenkins, Senior Advisor for Data Modernization and Informatics at the Public Health Accreditation Board, tells us about an upcoming webinar focused on the new Public Health Data Modernization Impl...

Dr. Lindsay Weaver, State Health Commissioner of Indiana, discusses the state's record investment in public health; an ASTHO blog article details behavioral health-related workforce initiatives happening across the states and territories; and ASTHO has created a tool to help evaluate Health in All Policies strategies. Health First Indiana Web Page ASTHO Blog Article: Efforts to Boost Behavioral He...

ASTHO hosted a Respiratory Virus Season Deskside Briefing attended by national media outlets with Dr. Marcus Plescia, Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, Dr. Sameer Vohra, and Dr. Manisha Juthani; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director of Government Affairs, discusses the work his team is doing while Congress is in recess; and an ASTHO webinar will help you create a performance management system. ASTHO M...

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, updates us on COVID rates across the country; Robert Jennings, Executive Director of the National Public Health Information Coalition, tells us how AI could benefit public health communication; and an ASTHO webinar will explore strategies for public outreach and increasing awareness of PPC services. ASTHO Web Page: COVID-19 Journal of Public Health...

Angie Smith-Butterwick, Substance Use, Gambling and Epidemiology Manager for the State of Michigan, tells us about a pilot program that offers small incentives to people if they stay on approved substance use treatment plans; Ashley Nanthanvongsa-Mosley, gives an update on PublicHealthCareers.org; and the Healthy People framework guides national public health priorities every 10 years. Michigan We...

Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health for the State of Washington, outlines the Be Well Washington campaign; two leaders from "WE in the World" share how collaboration helps create the conditions that lead to better public health; Andre Pierce, Director of the Division of Retail Food Protection in the Office of State Cooperative Programs at the FDA, discusses a new tool designed to help restaurant o...

Tom Cotter, Executive Director of Healthcare Ready, explains how Healthcare Ready could assist public health leaders in a disaster; Wendy Bell, Environmental Health Supervisor for Mecklenburg County Public Health, discusses the North Carolina Retail Program Standards Network; an ASTHO webinar will cover the Public Health Data Modernization Implementation Center Program; and an episode of ASTHO's P...

Maggie Davis, ASTHO Director of State Health Policy, updates us on movements that could reshape public health authority; Emily Fine, School and Youth Survey Manager at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, discusses the results of the Healthy Kids Colorado survey; and a new ASTHO guide shows how health equity metrics help island areas understand community issues and improve hea...

Ellen Essick, Section Chief for the NC Healthy Schools Section at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, explains the results of North Carolina's Youth Risk Behavior Survey; Byron Lobsinger, Environmental Health Emergency Planner for the Department of Public Health in Georgia, recaps the impacts Hurricane Debby had on his state; ASTHO along with NACCHO and the CDC has published an ar...

Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, Medical Director of the Louisiana Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review and the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative, details the work to lower accidental overdose among pregnant persons; Linda Krantz, Health Communications Specialist with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, explains why her department created a public health podcast; and a...

Dr. Debra Bogen, Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, discusses the importance of testing children for lead; Irving Washington, Senior Vice President and Executive Director for KFF's Health Misinformation and Trust Initiative, tells us how Public Health can benefit from KFF's Health Misinformation Monitor; an ASTHO report explores how the Mississippi State Department of Health...

Dr. Mark Levine, ASTHO Member and Commissioner of Health for the State of Vermont, recaps some recent updates to a few ASTHO policy statements; Sherri Ohly, Co-Director of the Envision Equity CHW Training and Technical Assistance Center, says Community Health Workers are critical to public health; an ASTHO report inspects the link between substance use, incarceration, and death; and an ASTHO blog...

Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Distinguished Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Former Baltimore City Health Commissioner, explains the ups and downs of overdose deaths in Baltimore across the last decade; Catherine Jones, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Government Affairs, stresses the importance of the SNAP program; an ASTHO blog article discusses response stra...

Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President-Elect and Alabama State Health Officer, discusses his state's new maternal autopsy program; Calliana Thomas, Director of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the New York State Department of Health, tells us about the Surgeon General's recent decision to declare gun violence as a public health issue; and a new ASTHO blog article explains the benefits of foster...

Ben Gamache, Policy Consultant for the Office of Health Workforce Development at the Department of Health Care Access and Information, explains why California has created a new position; Dr. Lisa Villarroel, Chief Medical Officer for Public Health at the Arizona Department of Health Services, discusses how AZ reach helps smaller hospitals; and an ASTHO webinar will teach you how state health agenc...

Dr. Chelsea Langer, Program Manager for the Environmental Health Program at the New Mexico Department of Health, explains the capabilities of the department's HEAT dashboard; Amy Maxmen, Public Health Correspondent at KFF Health News, tells us about the tactics used to spread misinformation about vaccinations; and a new ASTHO report outlines the development of cross-sector or Health in All Policie...

Dr. Jane Harness, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan's Department of Psychiatry, discusses the Surgeon General's recent call for warning labels on social media; Bryan Jimenez, Program Supervisor for Communicable Disease Control with San Mateo County, tells us about the Essentials of Leadership Management Programs; and an ASTHO webinar will provide practical insights for suc...

Dr. Gillian SteelFisher, Director of Global Polling at the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, tells us what a new national poll says about people and their public health priorities; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO's Senior Director for Government Affairs, discusses Congress' to-do list when they return from recess; Tabatha Offutt-Powell, ASTHO Vice President of...

Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO President-Elect and State Health Officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health, tells us about an education campaign about tick-borne diseases; Sean Newhouse, Staff Reporter for Government Executive, explains a study that says government employees are burned out; and a new resource from ASTHO emphasizes the role of public-private sector partnerships in advancing heal...

Dr. Karen Hacker, Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC, says Medicaid and Medicare may be able to help keep Community Health Workers on the front lines; Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer for CVS Health and the former State Health Officer for the State of Michigan, explains how important it is to keep commun...

Christine Schell, Manager for the Department of Environmental Protection at the Office of Environmental and Public Health Analysis in New Jersey, tells us about an online portal in New Jersey that explains to people the health impacts of hot summer temperatures; Dave Baden, Deputy Director for Policy and Programs at the Oregon Health Authority, says Oregon wants to get ahead of the heat by helping...

Andy Baker-White, ASTHO Senior Director for State Health Policy, discusses the ongoing discussion over legal tools needed to ensure public health during outbreaks and emergencies; Maggie Davis, ASTHO Director of State Health Policy, says funding and standards for peer support specialists are the focus of a new ASTHO legal map now online; Arnaldo Machado, Director of Public Health Workforce Develop...

Dr. Macarena Garcia, a Senior Health Scientist at the Office of Rural Health at the CDC, summarizes a report focused on preventable premature deaths in rural America; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director for Government Affairs, updates us on the appropriations work his team has been doing; and ASTHO has published three briefs centered on the improvement of health data sharing. CDC Webpage: Leading...

Dr. Audrey Juhasz, Researcher at the Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice, explains a project she is working on that is focused on accessible healthcare for people with disabilities; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, says the risk for avian influenza is still low for humans; an ASTHO blog article teaches you how to support Community Health Workers; an ASTHO report...