Building an Island Health Equity Framework for the Future
In this post, ASTHO explores the conversations and considerations that went into developing the Islands Health Equity Framework.
In this post, ASTHO explores the conversations and considerations that went into developing the Islands Health Equity Framework.
ASTHO has several members from the territories and Freely Associated States—jurisdictions with unique challenges, and do not fall under the category of a state or federal district. This post is a brief look at some of the public health ...
Though COVID-19 has dominated public health over the past year, other communicable diseases are still occurring at troubling rates. The CDC recently released data in their Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2019 report, showing ...
As patients move around the healthcare ecosystem, information from electronic health records must be available and understandable to help public health agencies identify threats to the health and safety of the population, as well as ...
The second half of Public Health Review's story on the opioid epidemic explores how coalitions in Kentucky are driving prevention efforts, what public health practitioners in West Virginia are doing to identify and care for newborns ...
Supporting Incarcerated People’s Recovery: Linkage to Care Policies for People Entering and Exiting Incarceration with Substance Use Disorder Linkage to Care Policies for Incarcerated People with SUD Explore linkage to care policies for ...
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In Georgia, funding from CDC's Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences: Data to Action (PACE:D2A) program helps address and prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), build resilient communities, improve community environments, and ...
Sustaining DMI: Medicaid Advanced Planning Document Process How state Medicaid agencies can request enhanced federal funding for Medicaid Enterprise Systems and related activities. Why is the Advanced Planning Document process important? ...
Integrating Health Equity into State and Local Data Sharing Practices Morgan Zialcita, Lana McKinney, Christina Severin, Reema Mistry, Melissa Lewis It is crucial that health agencies incorporate health equity principles into policies and ...
Fairfax County Health Department Modernizes Infrastructure to Optimize Public Health Data Sharing Susan Fluerant, Reema Mistry, Christina Severin Learn how the Fairfax County Health Department in Virginia is working to modernize its data ...
Communicating About Disease Forecasting Effectively Communicating About Disease Forecasting Clearly communicating about disease forecasting helps policymakers, the media, and the public make informed decisions in public health emergencies. ...
Health Equity Science According to CDC, health equity science (HES) "investigates patterns and underlying contributors to health inequities and builds an evidence base that will guide action across the domains of public health ...
States Assessing and Mitigating Risks of Agencies Using Artificial Intelligence artificial intelligence, machine learning, drug overdose deaths, privacy protections, chatbot technology, department of technology, societal biases, artificial ...
Overdose fatality reviews allow states to examine and understand the circumstances surrounding fatal drug overdoses. Knowing the who, what, when, where, and how of fatal overdoses provides a better sense of the strategies and coordination ...
New platform will provide forum for data exchange, analysis, and visualization to support public health work
COVID-19 revealed the dire straits of public health; now, with renewed funding, public health leaders discuss how to use COVID funding to build and maintain sustainable infrastructure.
In this webinar, participants obtain an overview of the impact data equity has on improving maternal and infant health outcomes as well as the role providers play in advancing maternal health through data equity practices. Featured ...
Surveillance data allow public health practitioners and researchers to track changes in the burden of ACEs by collecting data on previous exposure, health conditions that may impact or be impacted by exposure, and other related topics.
The New Frontier of Digital Proximity Tracing Association of state and territorial health officials, astho, public health, covid-19, contact tracing, case investigation, public health surveillance, infectious disease, proximity tracing, ...