Public Health Review Morning Edition

J.P. Leider, Director of the Center for Public Health Systems at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, explains the importance of the Consortium for Workforce Research and Public Health; Nancy Scotto Rosato, Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health, tells us about the $3.5 million headed to the Healthy Women, Healthy Families initiative in New Jersey; and an epi...

Dr. Kris Mork, Director of Public Health Informatics at Guidehouse, says the development of AI needs to be inclusive; Heidi Bojes, Director of the Environmental Epidemiology and Disease Registry at the Texas Department of State Health Services, discusses incorporating an environmental health surveillance unit as part of their overall Hurricane response; an ASTHO blog article describes how to respo...

Richa Ranade, ASTHO's Senior Director of Overdose Prevention, says ASTHO's policy statement on Over-the-Counter Naloxone supports increasing access; Chris Medina, State Medical Operations Center Director at the Texas Department of State Health Services, outlines the department's preparation for hurricane response; and ASTHO has a virtual event on Artificial Intelligence in State and Territorial Pu...

Warren Villagomez, Director of Public Health Hospital for the Emergency Preparedness Program at the Commonwealth Health Care Corporation, shares the public health planning lessons learned form COVID-19; Hsini Lin, Office Chief for Environmental Epidemiology at the Arizona Department of Health Services, explains the ADHS response to record breaking heat; ASTHO has a new Speakers Bureau that connect...

Kerry Wyss, ASTHO's Director of Environmental Health, explains how ASTHO held focus groups to address school air quality concerns; Dawn Terashita, Associate Director ofthe Acute Communicable Disease Control Program at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, shares the The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogen (CORHA) framew...

Beth Giambrone, ASTHO's Senior Analyst of State Health Policy, says the EPA has proposed regulations on certain forever chemicals; Jamie Pina, ASTHO's Vice President of Public Health Data Modernization, explains how AI can be a public health tool; ASTHO has a new Congenital Syphilis Technical Package; and sign up for ASTHO's Public Health Weekly email newsletter ASDWA, ECOS, and ASTHO Send Letter...

Wendi Wilkes, Senior Advisor at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water, explains lead testing program that allows schools and child care agencies to remove the threat of lead; Heather Sebero, ASTHO's Senior Analyst for Social and Behavioral Health, says partnering with community-based organizations is a powerful tool to address mental health; ASTHO resources show that your physical en...

Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, describes how drug shortages are making it tough to treat syphilis; Jazmyn Covington, ASTHO Director of Maternal and Infant Health, says ASTHO members are making maternal and child health a priority; there is still time to sign up for ASTHO's webinar about ways to improve access...

Hear from the experts who participated in an ASTHO online briefing on the coming RSV season; Sophia Durant, ASTHO's Analyst of Family and Child Health, says access to emergency contraception is a health equity issue; and an ASTHO virtual session explores explore the potential of artificial intelligence in public health. ASTHO Video: State Health Officials Share Preparations for Upcoming Respirator...

Bethany Alcauter, Director of Research and Public Health Programs at the National Center for Farm Worker Health, is focused on local action when it comes to rural health infrastructure; an ASTHO online briefing discussed the coming RSV season; and this episode marks the second anniversary of the ASTHO newscast and features the first newscast interview with Dr. Nirav Shah, Principal Deputy Director...

Maggie Davis, ASTHO Director of State Health Policy, outlines ASTHO's new Public Health Legal Mapping Center tool aimed to highlight policies that may prevent overdose; Liljana Baddour, ASTHO's Senior Director for Workforce Development, says challenges to expanding public health workforce go beyond recruiting; ASTHO's new Project ECHO: Overdose Fatality Investigative Techniques aims to improve rep...

Omar Khalid, ASTHO's Director of Workforce Development, explains the expansion of ASTHO's Public Health – Hope, Equity, Resilience, and Opportunity (PH-HERO) initiative; Erin Laird, ASTHO's Director of Emerging Infections, says preventing infections among dialysis patients is an important public health issue; ASTHO has a new report on the Suicide, Overdose, Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention...

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, shares the current COVID-19 status and a look ahead into the coming seasons; Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO president elect and the Commissioner for Public Health for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, outlines the goals of a new ASTHO policy statement on health and social service system alignment; an ASTHO brief details Pennsylvania's new tool to streamline...

ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, says policy is the biggest challenge facing public health data modernization; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, explains the Senate's Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for 2024. ASTHO: Public Health Data Modernizati...

Victoria Pless, ASTHO's Assistant Director of Social and Behavioral Health, explains recommendations states can use to reduce overdoses; Stephany Strahle, with ASTHO's Family and Child Health team, says updating public health surveillance systems to include diverse data can better address the root of inequities; and sign up for ASTHO's legislative alert emails. Journal of Public Health Management...

Melissa Magstadt, Cabinet Secretary for the South Dakota Department of Health, says healthcare must meet patients where they live; Ali Maffey, ASTHO's Vice President of Social and Behavioral Health, explains approaches to making mental healthcare more accessible; Adrianna Evans, ASTHO's Director of Preparedness and Disability Integration, shares the award-winning Disability and Preparedness Specia...

Geetika Nadkarni, ASTHO's Director of Chronic Infectious Disease, shares the award-winning Partnering for Vaccine Equity project which aims to increase vaccinations among diverse communities; Meredith Sussman, Vaccine Equity Project Coordinator for the Palmetto Community Action Partnership, says the vaccine equity project has made new collaboration possible; Kai Tao, Co-founder and Principal of Im...

Adrianna Evans, ASTHO's Director of Preparedness and Disability Integration, outlines how public health ethics committees help guide preparedness; Kurell Julien, Associate Director of Equity, Inclusion and Justice at Business for Social Responsibility, calls for ongoing support for equity work; ASTHO earned two national awards from The American Society of Association Executives; and ASTHO has a ne...

Alison Maffey, ASTHO's Vice President of Social and Behavioral Health, explains the impact of President Biden's proposed rule to make it easier to access in-network mental health care; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO's Senior Director of Government Affairs, walks through federal spending on public health ahead of Congressional August recess; ASTHO has a new virtual food safety inspection guide; and ASTHO has...

J.T. Lane, ASTHO's Senior Vice President for Population Health and Innovation, explains recommendations to improve public health data systems; Brittany Lee, ASTHO's Director of Family and Child Health, says public health education will play a role in accessing new over the counter contraceptive Opill; an ASTHO webinar explains how to use PRAMS data; and a new ASTHO blog article outlines how public...

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, ASTHO Alum and Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, says growth is needed in public health to be prepared for the next pandemic; Raymond Neal, Project Director at Human Impact Partners, says health equity strategies need to become standard process; ASTHO has a toolkit to help agencies better prepare for power outag...

Andy Baker White, ASTHO's Senior Director of State Health Policy, outlines three new policy recommendations on Public Health Legal Authority; Dr. Georgina Peacock, the Director of the Immunization Services Division in the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, says vaccine coverage among kindergarten children is at a decade low; an ASTHO blog explains how Rhode Islan...

Omar Khalid, ASTHO's Director of Workforce, explains new strategies for enhancing workforce well-being and retention; Brianna Gorman, ASTHO's Clinical to Community Connections team member, says community health workers are a key connection between policy interventions and what's happening on the ground; and sign up for ASTHO's Public Health Weekly email newsletters. ASTHO Webpage: PH-HERO Workforc...

Tracie Campbell, Senior Health Manager and the leader of Mecklenburg County Public Health Office of Violence Prevention, shares a five-year plan to reduce community violence; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, explains why the House proposal for FY 2024 public health spending is detrimental to public health; ASTHO has a new book of communication...

Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, says public health aims to strengthen the use of antiviral COVID-19 protections in nursing homes; Priya Shah, ASTHO's Senior Analyst of Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, shares an updated policy statement that focuses on improving older adults access to care and healthy aging; an ASTHO webinar will focus on Medicaid family planning state plan amen...