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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

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 ...

ASTHO Urges Increased Investment to Address Growing Obesity Epidemic

News Release,
News,
Public Health News,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Elimination of Disparities,
Population Health and Prevention,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Marcus Plescia,
Nutrition and Fitness,
Race and Public Health,
Funding

ASTHO Urges Increased Investment to Address Growing Obesity Epidemic ARLINGTON, VA—Obesity rates in the United States are on the rise, according to new reports from CDC and Trust for America’s Health. The number of states ...

Building Bridges to Better Health the ASTHO Way

Blog,
People of Public Health,
News,
ASTHO News,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Communication,
Partnership,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Michael Fraser

“Building Bridges to Better Health,” the theme for the 2021 National Public Health Week. ASTHO is committed to building and maintaining the partnerships and connections needed to achieve our shared vision of state and territorial health ...

A Wondrous World: A Week of Unity, Reflection and Renewal

Blog,
People of Public Health,
News,
ASTHO News,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Mental Health,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID Vaccine,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Michael Fraser,
Partnership

This week has been both exhilarating and poignant. Almost surreal. We started the week by pausing to celebrate and reflect on the life and legacy of one of America’s greatest sons, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Tuesday, ASTHO participated ...

Equity Will Come Standard at ASTHO

Blog,
People of Public Health,
News,
ASTHO News,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Public Health Workforce,
DELPH,
Leadership Development,
Michael Fraser,
Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge,
Joya Coffman

An issue that public health wrestles with is how to combat racism as we would any other public health emergency. ASTHO’s board of directors has declared structural racism a public health emergency. And health equity is the number one ...

ASTHO Releases Five Health Policy Statements

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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.