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Interagency Collaboration to Improve Business Processes in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Population Health and Prevention,

Policy,

Territorial Health Policy,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Virgin Islands,

Blog,

Kristin Sullivan,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Business Process Improvement

A groundbreaking “all-of-government” approach is getting underway in the U.S. Virgin Islands to more efficiently manage and expend federal grant funding for social determinants of health and overall population health improvement. The ...

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 ...

States Work to Support Rural Hospitals Despite Pandemic Challenges

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Health Equity,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Workforce,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Rural Health,

At-Risk Populations,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

California,

Hawaii,

Maryland,

Kentucky,

Kansas,

Oklahoma,

Utah,

Beth Giambrone,

Public Health Workforce

When rural hospitals close, it increases the distance people must travel for essential healthcare services. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and magnified the factors leading to rural hospital closures across the country. Many ...

Three Things to Know About the Governmental Public Health Workforce: PH WINS 2017 Results

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Partnership,

Research,

Public Health Workforce,

Amber Norris Williams

Amber Williams highlights three key insights about the governmental public health workforce identified in the PH WINS 2017 data.

ASTHO’s Year in Review: Organizational Successes and Outlook for 2019

Blog,

People of Public Health,

Advocacy,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Population Health and Prevention,

Preparedness,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Infectious Disease,

Amber Norris Williams,

Jim Blumenstock,

Carolyn Mullen

As 2018 draws to a close, members of the ASTHO leadership team reflect on successes from the past year and share what they hope to accomplish next.

The Value of Health in All Policies

Report,

Health Equity,

Elimination of Disparities,

Race and Public Health,

Health in All Policies,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Public Health Law,

Funding,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

California,

Colorado,

Minnesota,

New York,

Tennessee,

Wisconsin

This report identifies and breaks down seven core value areas that emerge from taking a health in all policies approach to policymaking and programming.

Flexible Funding to Support Public Health Innovation

Report,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Colorado,

Michigan,

North Dakota,

Rhode Island

This report examines how four states (Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, and Rhode Island) made use of their Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant funding.

Public Health Confronts the Mosquito: Developing Sustainable State and Local Mosquito Control Programs

Report,

Environmental Health,

Vector-Borne Disease,

Preparedness,

Emergency Powers,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management,

Communications

Given the emergence of mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in the United States and U.S. territories, this, the second edition of this report, provides guidance to assist local, state, and territorial mosquito ...

Incorporating Health in All Policies: Tips for Grantmakers

Brief,

Funding,

Health Equity,

Operationalizing Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Health in All Policies,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Grants and Contracts Management

This ASTHOBrief offers a menu of strategies and considerations for organizations interested in incorporating a Health in All Policies and equity-centered approach to the development and implementation of requests for proposals and notice ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Public Health Workforce

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Mental Health,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Mental Health,

COVID and Workforce,

Public Health Workforce,

California,

Colorado,

Connecticut,

Georgia,

Montana,

Nevada,

New York,

Oklahoma,

Oregon,

Rhode Island,

Tennessee,

Utah,

Maggie Davis

Continuing ASTHO’s Legislative Prospectus series—which highlights the top 10 public health policy issues for 2022—we are focusing this week on mental and behavioral health as well as supporting the public health workforce.