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Breaking Barriers: Securing Partnerships to Advance Health Equity

Breaking Barriers: Securing Partnerships to Advance Health Equity Striving for Sustainability in the Journey Toward Health Equity 48:18 Tune in to this podcast episode to learn innovative techniques for harnessing unconventional ...

Health Equity Policy Toolkit

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This toolkit is designed to support public health leaders in leveraging the policy development process to achieve health equity in their jurisdiction.

New Executive Orders Shine Spotlight on Health and Racial Equity

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COVID-19 has revealed the stark reality of racial and ethnic health disparities that exist nationally. Black and Hispanic Americans were nearly three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than white Americans. Black and Hispanic Americans ...

Data Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for Indigenous Communities

In this episode, three experts discuss the Federal Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality’s most recent report on American Indian and Alaska Native health outcomes and the data-focused recommendations for states and ...

Using Your Braiding and Layering Funding to Address Food Insecurity

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Food insecurity is a pervasive barrier to the health and well-being of many differing vulnerable populations in the United States, including minority populations and rural communities.

Improving Access to Risk Appropriate Care and Maternal Health Outcomes through Provider Engagement

In this episode, two maternal healthcare veterans share approaches for bringing providers into the process, as well as how state health officials can promote risk appropriate care strategies and address challenges in achieving equitable ...

How State and Territorial Health Departments Can Navigate Recent Executive Actions

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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 ...

Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Vaccine Equity for Native Communities

Three public health experts share how they prioritized vaccine equity for American Indian and Alaskan Native communities on the local, state, and national levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to Address COVID-19 in Communities of Color

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The statistics of who is dying from COVID-19 paint a glaring picture and highlight the ever-growing health disparities that exist in communities of color. These health disparities have become a focus area for Congress during COVID-19 ...

Public Health and Healthcare Partner to Promote Influenza Vaccination

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