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Forming Partnerships to Increase Rural Immunization Rates

Blog,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID Vaccine,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
Shalini Nair,
Heather Tomlinson

Forming Partnerships to Increase Rural Immunization Rates ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, national immunization awareness month, farmworker communities, vaccine equity project, increase rural immunization, ...

2023 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Public Health Law,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Contraception Access,
Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Public Health Workforce,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
California,
Connecticut,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Missouri,
Montana,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Rhode Island,
Texas,
Vermont,
Washington,
Maggie Davis,
Andy Baker-White,
Lillian Colasurdo,
Lana McKinney

A mid-session legislative update on five of ASTHO's top 10 public health state policy issues to watch in 2023: data privacy and modernization, reproductive health, health equity, strengthening public health agencies, and immunization.

Vaccinating Children: The Final Step

Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Special Populations,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Partnership,
Blog,
Claire Hannan,
Marcus Plescia,
Infant and Child Health

As we anticipate the likely approval of COVID-19 vaccination for children, our nation faces the final step to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. If approved for children ages 5-11, the COVID-19 vaccine will dramatically improve our ...

Supporting Infant & Child Immunizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Q&A With Michael Warren

Blog,
People of Public Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Special Populations,
Immunization,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
ACEs,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Katrin Patterson,
Michael Warren,
Health Care Access,
Vaccine Distribution,
Partnership,
Communications,
COVID and Communication,
Infant and Child Health

In recognition of National Infant Immunization Week, ASTHO and AMCHP interviewed Michael Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) at the Health Resources and Services Administration ...

Using Lessons from the COVID-19 Response to Inform Telehealth Activities

Brief,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Health Equity,
Immunization,
COVID and Telehealth,
Telehealth,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Hawaii,
Kentucky,
Nevada,
Series,
Public Health Transformation

Health providers have widely used telehealth to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 infection and to improve access to healthcare services thanks in large part to policy changes and regulations. This brief explores how state and territorial ...

Current Measles Outbreaks Should Alarm Every American and Highlight the Critical Importance of Vaccination Programs

News Release,
News,
ASTHO Member News,
Public Health News,
Members,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Member Testimony,
John Wiesman

Current Measles Outbreaks Should Alarm Every American and Highlight the Critical Importance of Vaccination Programs ARLINGTON, VA—John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH, secretary of health at the Washington State Department of Health and immediate past ...

BONUS: Fighting the Next COVID-19 Wave

Podcast,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Immunization,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Members,
Robert Johnson,
Joseph Kanter,
Karyl Thomas Rattay,
Nirav Shah,
Public Health Review

This bonus episode is taken from a virtual news conference on Thursday, July 29, 2021. In it, Nirav Shah (Maine), Karyl Rattay (Delaware), and Joseph Kanter (Louisiana), discuss the latest issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic—mask ...

BONUS: Making Technology Work for Rapidly Changing Public Health Needs

Podcast,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
Immunization,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Vaccine Distribution,
Robert Johnson,
Jim Ivey,
Public Health Review

On this bonus episode, Jim Ivey, chief operating officer at Chexout, discusses the importance of interoperability and makes the case that public health organizations need to invest in software that will adapt to their changing needs in ...

What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
COVID and Communication,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Emma Lange

Many pharmaceutical companies urgently began developing a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year to reduce the spread of the virus as the threat of a pandemic loomed. Fast forward several months and millions of COVID-19 cases later, states and ...

How States are Handling School Vaccination Requirements in a Pandemic

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Vaccine,
Immunization,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Influenza,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Connecticut,
Washington, D.C.,
Hawaii,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Andy Baker-White,
Education,
Maine,
Illinois,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infant and Child Health

Conditioning school attendance on student vaccinations is an evidence-based way of maintaining and increasing vaccine coverage. State law establishes school vaccination requirements which apply not only to public schools but often to ...

The Light at the End of the (Long) Tunnel

Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Communication,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Blog,
Communications,
Marcus Plescia,
Series,
Chief Medical Officer Series,
Leadership Development

As public health officials lead the pandemic response, clear direction-setting in every state and territories is vital to assure our planning and implementation is fair and focused on those most at need. These are not entirely ...

Strategies for Vaccinating People Who Are Homebased

Brief,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Emerging Infectious Diseases,
COVID Vaccine,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Delaware,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Health Equity,
Disability Inclusion,
COVID and Special Populations,
Series,
Embedded,
Topics,
Equity,
Improving Disability Inclusion

According to the federal government, a homebased individual is someone who requires the help of another person or supportive device to leave the home, someone who is advised against leaving the home by a physician, and/or someone for whom ...

Public Health Litigation Round-Up

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Public Health Law,
State Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Care Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Overdose Prevention,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Firearm Injury and Violence Prevention,
Tobacco Control,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Michigan,
Mississippi,
Montana,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Texas,
Christina Severin

Learn more about recent federal and Supreme Court cases that impact public health policy.

Public Health and Health Care Partner to Promote Influenza Vaccination

Blog,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Race and Public Health,
Tribal Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID Vaccine,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Arkansas,
South Carolina,
Shalini Nair

In commemoration of National Influenza Vaccination Week ASTHO is highlighting work in Arkansas and South Carolina, where unique collaborations with health care and public health have allowed them to effectively promote flu vaccinations ...