Communication Resources

These ASTHO-produced resources were created to assist members in communicating to the public. Documents include topics focused on risk communication, frequently asked questions, crisis communication, public health leadership, and more.

#MaskUp Campaign

Watch and share a public service announcement produced by ASTHO and the Big Cities Health Coalition encouraging people across the country to #MaskUp as an expression of their compassion for others.
Learn more about the creation of the campaign in an interview with Chrissie Juliano, of BCHC and ASTHO's Michael Fraser in Behind the PSA: Making the #MaskUp Campaign.

Guidance Documents

Issue Briefs

• Leading Through Crisis: Supporting Workforce Resilience (PDF) (Apr. 28, 2020)
• Leading With Transparency During Times of Crisis (PDF) (updated Apr. 13, 2020)

Risk Communications Guide

• COVID-19 Communications Guide: Simple Answers to Top Questions (PDF) (updated July 12, 2020)

Blog Posts

• The 2019 Novel Coronavirus: What We Know (Jan. 23, 2020)

Podcasts

• Lessons from the Trenches: Leading During a Public Health Crisis (Mar. 27, 2020)

Related Materials

• ASTHO Pandemic Influenza Materials

Press Releases

• Nation’s Health Officials Call for Greater Collaboration and Communication with Federal Government (Sept. 2, 2020)
• Use of Face Coverings by the General Public to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 (Apr. 3, 2020)
• Easing Public Health Measures Amid COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 27, 2020)
• Health Officials React to First Coronavirus Case in United States (Jan. 21, 2020)