All COVID-19 Resources

States Seek to Protect the Workers Who Feed America

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

COVID and Special Populations,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Health Equity,

At-Risk Populations,

Social Determinants of Health,

Rural Health,

California,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

New Jersey,

Ohio,

Pennsylvania,

Leah Silva

Responsible for planting, growing, harvesting, processing, and preparing the food we eat, agricultural workers are essential workers during the COVID-19 response to keep the U.S. food supply chain operating efficiently. But farmworkers are ...

Health in the 2020 Political Party Platforms

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Public Health Law,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Funding,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Immunization,

Vaccine Distribution,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Partnership

In anticipation of the upcoming presidential election in November, the Republican and Democratic National Committees released their platforms. These platforms provide an overview of values, policies, positions, and principles on various ...

Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID Preparedness,

Health Equity,

Tribal Health,

Preparedness,

Emergency Powers,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Alabama,

Alaska,

American Samoa,

Arizona,

Arkansas,

California,

Colorado,

Connecticut,

Delaware,

Washington, D.C.,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Florida,

Georgia,

Guam,

Hawaii,

Idaho,

Illinois,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Kansas,

Kentucky,

Louisiana,

Maine,

Marshall Islands,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

Minnesota,

Mississippi,

Missouri,

Montana,

Nebraska,

Nevada,

New Hampshire,

New Jersey,

New Mexico,

New York,

North Carolina,

North Dakota,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Ohio,

Oklahoma,

Oregon,

Palau,

Pennsylvania,

Puerto Rico,

Rhode Island,

South Carolina,

South Dakota,

Tennessee,

Texas,

Utah,

Vermont,

Virgin Islands,

Virginia,

Washington,

West Virginia,

Wisconsin,

Wyoming,

Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...

States Leverage Telehealth to Respond to COVID-19

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Telehealth,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Telehealth,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships

To enhance social distancing and reduce healthcare worker and patient exposure to COVID-19, there have been unprecedented expansions in the use of telehealth, supported by both federal and state policy.

2021 CEO Look Ahead: What is Our Next Normal?

Blog,

People of Public Health,

News,

ASTHO News,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Funding,

Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

STIs,

HIV,

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,

Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Michael Fraser,

Advocacy

I think we all welcomed 2021 with open arms as we look to put the worst of 2020 behind us. We have all been through a lot—we have lost family members and friends to COVID-19, we have seen public health officials harassed and maligned, we ...

Ending the HIV Epidemic: 40 Years of Progress

Infectious Disease,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

STIs,

HIV,

Healthcare Access,

Arizona,

California,

Washington, D.C.,

New Jersey,

Blog,

Anna Bartels,

Tequam Worku,

Illinois,

Virginia,

Nevada,

Pennsylvania,

Minnesota,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Health Equity,

At-Risk Populations,

Federal Government Affairs,

Data Modernization and Informatics

This June marked the 40-year anniversary of the first five cases of what later became known as AIDS reported in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Since then, more than 32 million people have died from the disease worldwide and ...

Braiding and Layering Funding to Address Supportive Housing

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Health Equity,

Tribal Health,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Funding,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Mental Health,

Maryland,

Louisiana,

Social Determinants of Health,

Kyle Bogaert,

Meredith Alexander,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Disability Inclusion,

Health in All Policies,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Environmental Health,

Food and Water Safety,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Early Brain Development,

At-Risk Populations,

Oklahoma

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the intersections of social determinants of health, such as transportation, education, and housing, and their impact on the health of individuals and communities. As the moratorium on evictions ends in ...

Strengthening Protective Factors in ACEs Prevention With Medicaid 1115 Waivers

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

ACEs,

Alaska,

Illinois,

South Carolina,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Grace Deleon,

Jes Lyons,

Maggie Davis,

Health Equity,

Elimination of Disparities

One in three individuals who contract COVID-19 will experience lasting mental health impacts, according to a recent study. This startling discovery underscores the reality facing our nation: the challenges of this last year—the public ...

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 ...

Lessons Learned from the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands COVID-19 Response

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

Health Equity,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Partnership,

COVID Vaccine,

Guam,

Marshall Islands,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau,

Blog,

Karl Ensign

As COVID spread through the country and infection rates rose in every state, many of the the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) received media attention for remaining relatively COVID-free. The USAPI’s unified response in the face of ...