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How-To Guide: Engaging Island Jurisdiction Partners

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Health Equity,

Operationalizing Equity,

Elimination of Disparities,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Funding,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

COVID and Special Populations,

Technical Assistance,

Virgin Islands,

Island Equity

This how-to guide provides steps, tips, and templates for developing and maintaining effective partnerships within island health agencies.

Centralizing Grant Management Functions: Puerto Rico’s Work and Vision

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Preparedness,

Puerto Rico,

Kristin Sullivan,

Lourdes Romero Reyes,

Brenda Castro Voltaggio

Lourdes Romero Reyes and Brenda Castro Voltaggio of the Puerto Rico Department of Health discuss the Public Health Infrastructure Grant Program and ASTHO's Management Office Optimization Toolkit.

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 ...

Including Island Areas in Federal Public Health Datasets

Report,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Health Equity,

American Samoa,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Guam,

Marshall Islands,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau,

Puerto Rico,

Virgin Islands

Collecting and sharing data are crucially important to improving health equity, because those datasets inform effective policymaking. Despite having some of the most challenging population health outcomes, the U.S. island areas are often ...

Territories and Freely Associated States

Territories and Freely Associated States Association of state and territorial health officials, astho, us territories, improve population and community health, freely associated states, territorial support, public health territorial ...

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 ...

Mapping Out Public Health Successes and Challenges With Esri’s Este Geraghty

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Partnership,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Este Geraghty

ASTHO interview with Este Geraghty to learn more about Esri, GIS mapping, and why this powerful tool should a part of every public health tool set.

Island Health Officials Advocate to Strengthen Healthcare Infrastructure During ASTHO’s Spring Leadership Meeting

News Release,

Advocacy,

News,

ASTHO News,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Esther L. Muña,

Rachel Levine,

Anne Zink

On March 2, 2023, ASTHO announced that during the 2023 spring meeting, island health officials will also meet with Congress and the administration to urge them to strengthen island health systems and infrastructure.

Embedded: Puerto Rico’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Academy

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Health Equity,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Puerto Rico,

Beatriz Vallejo,

Haley Burrous,

Disability Inclusion,

Series,

Embedded

When Beatriz Vallejo, the disability and preparedness specialist in Puerto Rico, first joined the health agency, she took on planning a novel program to share knowledge and clarify each sectors’ roles and responsibilities during an ...

Leveraging Health Official Authority and Influence for Systems Improvement

Brief,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Business Process Improvement,

Strategic Planning,

Quality Improvement,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Public Health Workforce,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Palau

This brief draws on health officials’ experiences in territories and Freely Associated States to illustrate opportunities to lead improvement efforts by building relationships, committing to data use, establishing regular communication, ...