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Lessons Learned from the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands COVID-19 Response

Territories and Freely Associated States,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Health Equity,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Partnership,
COVID Vaccine,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Blog,
Karl Ensign

As COVID spread through the country and infection rates rose in every state, many of the the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) received media attention for remaining relatively COVID-free. The USAPI’s unified response in the face of ...

Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Preparedness,
Emergency Powers,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Alabama,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Washington, D.C.,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Marshall Islands,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Palau,
Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virgin Islands,
Virginia,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...

Embedded: Puerto Rico’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Academy

Blog,
People of Public Health,
Health Equity,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Puerto Rico,
Beatriz Vallejo,
Haley Burrous,
Disability Inclusion,
Series,
Embedded

When Beatriz Vallejo, the disability and preparedness specialist in Puerto Rico, first joined the health agency, she took on planning a novel program to share knowledge and clarify each sectors’ roles and responsibilities during an ...

State, Territorial Health Policies Strengthening Emergency Preparedness Efforts

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Health Equity,
Disability Inclusion,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
California,
Colorado,
Illinois,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
New York,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Oregon,
Washington,
Adrianna Evans

While COVID-19 is still present and ever-changing, public health professionals must also grapple with new challenges such as monkeypox, increasing firearm homicide, and widespread heat waves. In the wake of such emergencies, public health ...

Sharing Island Stories on Health Equity: Setting the Stage for Equity in the Island Areas

Blog,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Health Equity,
At-Risk Populations,
Elimination of Disparities,
Preparedness,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Palau,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Alex Wheatley,
Julia Von Alexander,
Kelsey Donnellan,
Neyling Fajardo,
Operationalizing Equity,
Island Equity

In the spring of 2022, ASTHO’s island area members convened at the first island-focused COVID-19 Health Equity Action Institutes and asked each other what creating an equitable and sustainable public health and healthcare system looks like ...

Jurisdictions Using Policy to Address Unique Island Area Health Challenges

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Food and Water Safety,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Social Determinants of Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Federal Government Affairs,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
American Samoa,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam,
Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands,
Beth Giambrone,
Parker Beene

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 ...

How State and Territorial Health Departments Can Navigate Recent Executive Actions

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Funding,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Tribal Health,
Partnership,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Supply Chain,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Carolyn McCoy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce

One of tools presidents have to implement and drive their strategy are executive actions. Executive orders and presidential memoranda carry the force of law and allow presidents to move quickly, deliver a clear message, organize the ...