Adrianna Evans, ASTHO’s Director of Preparedness and Disability Integration, outlines how public health ethics committees help guide preparedness; Kurell Julien, Associate Director of Equity, Inclusion and Justice at Business for Social Responsibility, calls for ongoing support for equity work; ASTHO earned two national awards from The American Society of Association Executives; and ASTHO has a new webinar on access to emergency contraception.

ASTHO Webpage: ASTHO Earns Two National Awards for Public Health Program Innovation

ASTHO Webpage: Leveraging State Health Departments to Improve Access to Emergency Contraception

Alison Maffey, ASTHO’s Vice President of Social and Behavioral Health, explains the impact of President Biden’s proposed rule to make it easier to access in-network mental health care; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, walks through federal spending on public health ahead of Congressional August recess; ASTHO has a new virtual food safety inspection guide; and ASTHO has a blog article on the updated FDA Food Code.

White House Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action to Make it Easier to Access In-Network Mental Health Care

ASTHO Webpage: Virtual Food Safety Inspection Guide

ASTHO Webpage: The Importance of the FDA Food Code

FDA: Food Code 

J.T. Lane, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Population Health and Innovation, explains recommendations to improve public health data systems; Brittany Lee, ASTHO’s Director of Family and Child Health, says public health education will play a role in accessing new over the counter contraceptive Opill; an ASTHO webinar explains how to use PRAMS data; and a new ASTHO blog article outlines how public health can support the mental health of young children and their caregivers. 

ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Data Modernization Policy Statement

FDA: FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive

ASTHO Webinar: Don't Wait, Validate: Estimating Population Outcomes with PRAMS

ASTHO Webpage: Supporting Positive Mental Health in Early Childhood

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, ASTHO Alum and Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, says growth is needed in public health to be prepared for the next pandemic; Raymond Neal, Project Director at Human Impact Partners, says health equity strategies need to become standard process; ASTHO has a toolkit to help agencies better prepare for power outages that impact life support users; and ASTHO is hiring multiple positions. 

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: Preparing for the Next Pandemic or Public Health Crisis

Human Impact Partners

ASTHO Webpage: Introducing New Approaches to Enhance Power Outage Support for Life Support Users

ASTHO Webpage: Careers at ASTHO

Andy Baker White, ASTHO’s Senior Director of State Health Policy, outlines three new policy recommendations on Public Health Legal Authority; Dr. Georgina Peacock, the Director of the Immunization Services Division in the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, says vaccine coverage among kindergarten children is at a decade low; an ASTHO blog explains how Rhode Island was able to add 28 permanent staff positions; and sign up for ASTHO’s Public Health Weekly email newsletters.

ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Legal Authority to Prevent and Mitigate the Spread of Communicable and Infectious Diseases and Other Public Health Threats

CDC: Back to School with Routine Vaccines

ASTHO Webpage: Workforce Policy Spotlight: Successfully Raising FTE Caps in Rhode Island

ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Weekly email newsletters

Omar Khalid, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce, explains new strategies for enhancing workforce well-being and retention; Brianna Gorman, ASTHO’s Clinical to Community Connections team member, says community health workers are a key connection between policy interventions and what’s happening on the ground; and sign up for ASTHO’s Public Health Weekly email newsletters.

ASTHO Webpage: PH-HERO Workforce Resource Center

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: Strategies for Enhancing Governmental Public Health Workforce Well-being and Retention

ASTHO Webpage: State Policies Bolster Investment in Community Health Workers

ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Weekly email newsletters

Tracie Campbell, Senior Health Manager and the leader of Mecklenburg County Public Health Office of Violence Prevention, shares a five-year plan to reduce community violence; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, explains why the House proposal for FY 2024 public health spending is detrimental to public health; ASTHO has a new book of communication advice for public health officials; and stay up to date by signing up for ASTHO’s Legislative alert emails. 

Mecklenburg County Public Health Office of Violence Prevention: Violence Prevention

ASTHO Webpage: Legislative Alerts

Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, says public health aims to strengthen the use of antiviral COVID-19 protections in nursing homes; Priya Shah, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst of Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, shares an updated policy statement that focuses on improving older adults access to care and healthy aging; an ASTHO webinar will focus on Medicaid family planning state plan amendments and waivers; and sign up for ASTHO’s Public Health Weekly email newsletter.

JAMA Network: Monoclonal Antibody and Oral Antiviral Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in US Nursing Homes

ASTHO Policy Statement: Healthy Aging and Older Adult Health Policy Statement

ASTHO Webinar: Connecting Your Communities to Family Planning Coverage

ASTHO Public Health Weekly Newsletter.

Dr. Catherine Brown, State Epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, explains how Massachusetts is addressing West Nile Virus found in the state; Jennifer Lee, Director of the Bureau of Tobacco Control at the New York State Department of Health, says a multifaceted approach is key to reducing tobacco and e-cigarette use; a new ASTHO blog article outlines funding options for doula care in state health agencies; and ASTHO is hiring multiple positions.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Mosquitoes in Massachusetts

New York State Department of Health: Help Fight the Injustice of Menthol

ASTHO Webpage: Utilizing Doula Care to Support Substance Use Disorder in the Postpartum Period

ASTHO Webpage: Careers at ASTHO

Eric Cote, Founder of Power Outage Partners and ASTHO Consultant, explains a new tool kit that addresses the risk of power outages for those using life support devices; Dr. Katrina Piercy, Director of the Division of Prevention Science in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for the US Department of Health and Human Services, shares new guidelines for physical activity in older adults; a new episode of the Public Health Review podcast outlines the impact extreme weather has on public health; and sign up for ASTHO’s legislative alert emails. 

ASTHO Webinar: Introducing New Approaches to Enhance Power Outage Support for Life Support Users

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report

The Public Health Review podcast: Connecting Climate Change and Health Equity in Public Health Agencies

ASTHO Webpage: Legislative Alerts