All COVID-19 Resources

How States Are Housing the Homeless During a Pandemic

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Health Equity,

At-Risk Populations,

Population Health and Prevention,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Special Populations,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

COVID and Funding,

Health in All Policies,

Social Determinants of Health,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Injury and Violence Prevention,

Alabama,

Alaska,

Arizona,

California,

Connecticut,

Massachusetts,

New Hampshire,

Ohio,

Pennsylvania,

Vermont,

Washington, D.C.

Policymakers seek to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by focusing on non-congregate sheltering and alternative housing for unhoused populations.

Why We Need Race and Ethnicity Data to Beat COVID-19

Blog,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,

COVID and Special Populations,

COVID Testing and Screening,

Health Equity,

Race and Public Health,

Melissa L. Lewis

The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, shows no bias—it has infected people of all ages, genders, races, and ethnicities. However, racial and ethnic disparities in rates of infection and deaths have emerged. Public health officials can and must ...

States Take Action to Create Better Health Outcomes for Incarcerated Women

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Breastfeeding and Early Life Nutrition Support,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Health Equity,

At-Risk Populations,

California,

Georgia,

New Mexico,

Wisconsin

The health concerns of incarcerated women are often left out of conversations related to health equity and optimal health for all. This post is an overview of recent state legislation focused on menstrual hygiene, physical restriction ...

ASTHO CMO Offers Solutions Following CDC Report Warning of Rising Heart Disease Burden

Blog,

Population Health and Prevention,

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,

Heart Disease,

Stroke,

Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Marcus Plescia,

Series,

Chief Medical Officer Series

To help reverse upward trends in heart disease, CDC has called on state and territorial health departments to continue work in tobacco and obesity prevention, the dominant behavioral risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Exploring the Role of Physicians in Addressing the Social Determinants of Health

Blog,

Health Equity,

Elimination of Disparities,

Social Determinants of Health,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Partnership,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Community Health Workers,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Primary Care and Public Health

Healthcare consulting firm Leavitt Partners published survey results which found that, while most physicians acknowledge the impact of social determinants of health on their patients, most do not believe it is their responsibility to ...

Massachusetts Sees Encouraging Decline in Overdose Deaths

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Members,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Substance Misuse,

Overdose Prevention,

Opioids,

Health Equity,

At-Risk Populations,

Race and Public Health,

Massachusetts,

Monica Bharel

Interview with Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, about how the state is reducing overdose deaths in underserved populations, training medical students on preventing and managing ...

Virginia’s Successful Clinical-Community Care Model to Address Hypertension Set to Expand Across the Commonwealth

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Members,

Population Health and Prevention,

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,

Heart Disease,

Healthcare Access,

Community Health Workers,

Health Equity,

Marissa Levine,

Virginia

Interview with Marissa Levine (alumni-VA) about the Virginia Cardiovascular Health Collaborative and other heart healthy initiatives in the commonwealth.

Public Health and Academic Partners Team Up to Increase Diversity in Public Health Leadership

Health Equity

On March 24, 2021, ASTHO and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine announced a new leadership program, Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health (DELPH), in an effort to increase diversity at the highest ...

ASTHO Awarded W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant To Support Healthy Communities

News Release,

News,

ASTHO News,

Members,

Awards and Recognition,

Population Health and Prevention,

Nicole Alexander-Scott,

Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Elimination of Disparities

ASTHO Awarded W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant To Support Healthy Communities ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) received a $450,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to improve child health ...

The Impact of Broadband Redlining on Health Equity

Health Equity,

Race and Public Health,

Social Determinants of Health,

At-Risk Populations,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Preparedness,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Telehealth,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Blog,

Craig Settles,

Janet Oputa,

Mattie Quinn,

Elimination of Disparities,

COVID and Telehealth,

People of Public Health

Access to quality internet may not be the first thing you think of when you think about health equity, but it is something that impacts many communities. In this interview, ASTHO chats with Craig Settles on ‘broadband redlining’, how ...