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Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center: A Pandemic Lifeline

Blog,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Mental Health,
COVID Resilience,
COVID Recovery,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Health Equity,
Series,
Public Health Transformation,
Guam,
Alex Wheatley,
Youth Mental Health

The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for an existing behavioral health resource—the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center’s Crisis Hotline—to become a household name. During the pandemic, the hotline became a lifeline for a ...

ASTHO’s Public Health Resolutions for 2021

News,
ASTHO News,
Population Health and Prevention,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Rural Health,
STIs,
HIV,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
Healthcare Access,
Telehealth,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Tobacco Control,
Blog,
Alannah Kittle,
Cara Person,
Kristi Meadows,
Vector-Borne Disease,
Firearm Injury and Violence Prevention

Every year, ASTHO performs an annual environmental scan to identify these policy and programmatic priorities. The most recent scan occurred from June 2019 to May 2020. Through ongoing collection of data from a variety of sources—including ...

Jurisdictions Moving Many ASTHO Essential Tobacco Control Policies Forward

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Iowa,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Mississippi,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Oregon,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
Tennessee,
Virgin Islands,
Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Joshua Berry,
Ann Abraham,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Evidence or Fact-Based Measures

Over the past several years, states and jurisdictions have continued to implement important policies to reduce tobacco and nicotine use, including increasing tobacco prices, expanding areas deemed “smoke-free,” limiting the sale of ...

Hearing the Hill

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID Recovery,
COVID and Workforce,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Funding,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Devon Page

Hearing the Hill astho, association of state and territorial health officials, opioid crisis, covid-19 funds, public health, public health data and workforce, american rescue plan, promoting health, drug overdose death, coronavirus ...

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 ...

A Blueprint for Establishing a Health Equity or Minority Health Office

Podcast,
Public Health Review,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Workforce,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Members,
California,
Virgin Islands,
Robert Johnson,
Justa Encarnacion,
Rohan Radhakrishn,
Veronica Halloway

A Blueprint for Establishing a Health Equity or Minority Health Office 30:38 minutes Learn how to form and manage an office of health equity or minority health, based on several firsthand experiences. Listen to the podcast episode now. ...

ASTHO Releases Five Health Policy Statements

News Release,
News,
ASTHO News,
Policy Statement,
Michael Fraser,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Suicide Prevention,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Healthcare Access,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Territories and Freely Associated States

On October 31, 2023 ASTHO announced the approval of one new and four updated health policy statements.

Insular Areas Consider Variety of Public Health Related Legislation

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Policy,
Territorial Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Community Health Workers,
Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,
Primary Care and Public Health,
Environmental Health,
Food and Water Safety,
PFAS,
Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Virgin Islands,
Palau,
Marshall Islands,
American Samoa,
Puerto Rico,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Andy Baker-White,
Beth Giambrone,
Emely Sanchez,
Partnership,
Advocacy,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities

Each year, ASTHO tracks and analyzes key legislation that impacts public health, and highlights the emerging trends for our members. While the bulk of the tracked legislation arises in state legislatures, ASTHO also follows legislation ...