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Natasha Harper-Levy, ASTHO director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, reflects on the National Day of Racial Healing’s value and purpose; Margaux Haviland, ASTHO director of Preparedness and Response Coordination, explains what users will see...
Natasha Harper-Levy, ASTHO director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, reflects on the National Day of Racial Healing’s value and purpose; Margaux Haviland, ASTHO director of Preparedness and Response Coordination, explains what users will see first as ASTHO’s new INSPIRE: Readiness website goes live; and Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO president and commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, talks about the increase in respiratory illness cases across the country.
National Day of Racial Healing Webpage
ASTHO Blog Article: How the Civil Rights March on Washington Embodied Key Public Health Tenets
ASTHO Webinar: INSPIRE – Readiness Website Launch - Strengthening Public Health Preparedness
ROBERT JOHNSON:
This is the award-winning Public Health Review Morning Edition for Tuesday, January 16, 2024. I'm Robert Johnson. Now, today's news from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
NATASHA HARPER-LEVY
Promoting racial healing offers really valuable lessons that are applicable to organizations small and large and in life overall.
JOHNSON:
Today is the National Day of Racial Healing. ASTHO's Natasha Harper-Levy reflects on the day's value and purpose.
HARPER-LEVY:
Personally, I think recognizing the National Day of Racial Healing has been one of true insight. Whether you observe MLK Day as one of rest or of service, observing a day that focuses on racial healing, not just the harm is important in how we show up for one another in the future.
JOHNSON:
Harper-Levy says she enjoys every opportunity to discuss the observance and what follows.
HARPER-LEVY:
I think the number one question I usually get when I talk to folks about the National Day of Racial Healing is, excuse me? What is that? And so it's always fun to come into spaces and go, hey, we are having a discussion. Do you want to join?
JOHNSON:
You can learn more about the National Day of Racial Healing and read ASTHO's new blog article about the connections between the March on Washington and public health priorities. The links are in the show notes.
JOHNSON:
ASTHO's new INSPIRE: Readiness website goes live later today, Margaux Haviland explains what users will see first.
HAVILAND:
It will first start with an opportunity to relate, which will kind of review common ground contributing factors and/or related elements that are really at the source and/or make these issues and more challenging for state health agencies.
JOHNSON:
Next, Haviland says the site offers examples of innovative practices intended to inspire visitors as they seek new approaches to their biggest challenges from there Haviland says:
HAVILAND:
The next portion will take you to the Discover session and will provide you with a list of related resources, tools, and other items that you can either download or view that will help inspire you as you address those challenges.
JOHNSON:
Haviland adds those tools are meant to help visitors learn how to be innovative within the constraints of existing policies and funding.
HAVILAND:
INSPIRE: Readiness also offers a pitch worksheet to help users identify, understand, and document, and pitch solutions to those persistent problems to their agencies.
JOHNSON:
The website launches today during a live event set for 2 p.m. ET. You can be there if you sign up using the link in the show notes.
JOHNSON:
Also today, ASTHO President and Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack was interviewed by NPR recently talking about the increase in respiratory illness cases across the country.
STACK:
The influenza virus is the thing that's really skyrocketing right now. So influenza is sharply escalating, and that's driving more hospitalizations.
JOHNSON:
You can hear the story using the link in the show notes.
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