All COVID-19 Resources

Lead, Food Safety, and Public Health’s Power and Responsibility to the People

Food and Water Safety,

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

North Carolina,

Pennsylvania,

Delaware,

Massachusetts,

Hawaii,

Michigan,

Infant and Child Health,

Maggie Davis

Reviewing states' efforts to reduce children's exposure to lead.

Leveraging State and Federal Policy to Reduce Maternal Illness and Death

Health Policy Update,

Federal Government Affairs,

State Health Policy,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Race and Public Health,

California,

Delaware,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

New York,

Oregon,

Tennessee,

Washington

There are significant disparities in pregnancy-related outcomes in the United States. Many of these deaths considered preventable, so state and federal policy makers are taking steps to improve ...

Harm Reduction Policies Can Prevent Overdose Fatalities

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Oklahoma,

Alabama,

Connecticut,

Georgia,

Louisiana,

Minnesota,

Nevada,

New Mexico,

Tennessee,

West Virginia,

Wisconsin,

Arkansas,

Delaware,

Illinois,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Missouri,

Rhode Island,

Washington,

New York,

California,

Vermont,

JoAnne McClure

Adopting a public health approach to substance use by implementing harm reduction policies across all levels of government can help communities address the overdose crisis. This post analyzes e

Going Beyond Regulatory Compliance for Lead Testing in Water

Report,

Food and Water Safety,

American Samoa,

Arkansas,

California,

Delaware,

Florida,

Hawaii,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Maine,

Nebraska,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Oregon,

Texas,

West Virginia

This ASTHOReport serves as a primer for state and territorial health agencies seeking to assess the public health impacts of lead exposure in drinking water.

Breastfeeding Promotes Early Brain Development

Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,

Delaware,

Oklahoma,

Washington, D.C.,

Infographic,

Infant and Child Health

Breastfeeding and early child nutrition are crucial for promoting healthy early brain development. This infographic details how skin-to-skin breastfeeding and breast milk promote infant ...

PHAB Accreditation Impact Infographic Series

Infographic,

Accreditation,

Quality Improvement,

Tribal Health,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Mississippi,

Arkansas,

Connecticut,

New Mexico,

Delaware,

Washington, D.C.

This four-part infographic series, developed by ASTHO with support from CDC’s Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CSTLTS), illustrates successes from six state health ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Data Modernization and Privacy Protections

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

California,

Colorado,

Delaware,

Illinois,

Maryland,

Nebraska,

North Carolina,

North Dakota,

Oklahoma,

Oregon,

Rhode Island,

Virginia,

Wyoming,

Maggie Davis,

Data Modernization

ASTHO notes the top state public health policy issues in an annual Legislative Prospectus series. ASTHO is publishing a prospectus for the top 10 policy issues to watch in 2022. This week we are ...

States Using Settlement Fund Legislation to Enhance Response to the Opioid Crisis

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Delaware,

Kansas,

Nevada,

New York,

Ohio,

Texas,

Victoria Pless,

Yaryna Onufrey

State and territorial health agencies continue to be challenged by the opioid epidemic, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the opioid crisis requires a robust public ...

Health Equity Policy Toolkit

Toolkit,

Social Determinants of Health,

State Health Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Territorial Health Policy,

Public Health Law,

Elimination of Disparities,

Race and Public Health,

Tribal Health,

American Samoa,

Colorado,

Connecticut,

Delaware,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Guam,

Illinois,

Marshall Islands,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

Montana,

Nebraska,

Nevada,

North Dakota,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau,

Puerto Rico,

Texas,

Vermont,

Virgin Islands,

Washington, D.C.,

Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge,

ASTHO Communications

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

Embedded: Delaware Stands Up a Functional Assessment Service Team

People of Public Health,

At-Risk Populations,

Pandemics,

Vaccine Distribution,

Delaware,

Debra Young,

Disability Inclusion,

Embedded

The COVID-19 pandemic provided an unprecedented opportunity to speed up developing Delaware’s Functional Assessment Service Team and to test it at scale.