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Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and an ASTHO Member, dives into the state’s first-ever statewide public awareness campaign focused on dementia; Dr. Rachel Hare Bork, director of...
Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and an ASTHO Member, dives into the state’s first-ever statewide public awareness campaign focused on dementia; Dr. Rachel Hare Bork, director of Research and Impact at the de Beaumont Foundation, tells us why the PH WINS survey is so beneficial; applications for the next cohort of ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program are now being accepted; and an ASTHO webinar that will equip you with the tools to better your performance management systems.
de Beaumont Foundation Web Page: What is PH WINS?
ASTHO Web Page: Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health
JANSON SILVERS:
This is the award-winning Public Health Review Morning Edition for Tuesday, October 15, 2024 I'm Janson Silvers. Now, today's news from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
Colorado has launched their first-ever statewide public awareness campaign focused on dementia. Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and an ASTHO member, tells us why this matters.
JILL HUNSAKER RYAN:
It's really so important for us to get people talking about their brain health and normalize conversations around dementia and this includes talking about how to reduce risk for dementia or talking about any warning signs of dementia, both with loved ones and with healthcare providers.
SILVERS:
The campaign is part of a larger five-year plan for the state that addresses Alzheimer's and other related dementias.
HUNSAKER RYAN:
We are continuing to expand dementia education to Coloradans. We're offering dementia education to primary care providers and public health students and staff and then we're also launching a new Alzheimer's and Dementia landing page with Mile High United Way's 211 [Help Center].
SILVERS:
Colorado has created toolkits for partners, as well as a website dedicated to beginning the conversation around dementia. The state is also using social media for outreach.
HUNSAKER RYAN:
So, reaching diverse audiences on public health matters requires a tailored approach that considers cultural nuances, language preferences, and communication channels. It's also important to engage with community partners and target audiences so we can better understand cultural norms, attitudes, and behaviors towards a topic.
SILVERS:
Learn more about Colorado's campaign by clicking the links in the show notes.
RACHEL HARE BORK:
It is the first and only nationally representative survey of state, territorial, and local governmental public health workers.
SILVERS:
The PH WINS survey is a joint project between the de Beaumont Foundation and ASTHO. Dr Rachel Hare Bork from the de Beaumont Foundation says the survey addresses the needs of the public health workforce in two main ways.
HARE BORK:
So first, it gives employees an opportunity to have their voices be heard. It's an anonymous and confidential survey so individuals can feel confident that what they share in the survey is only being seen by staff at de Beaumont and ASTHO.
SILVERS:
Not only does the survey benefit employees, it also benefits the employers.
HARE BORK:
It gives those in HR and workforce development an opportunity to really see what their staff think about their agency and their feelings and perspectives because it's a national survey, it also allows workforce development and HR professionals to compare their findings with national numbers, so that they can put their findings in perspective.
SILVERS:
The 2024 iteration of the survey is in the field as we speak, and it's the largest fielding of the survey ever done.
HARE BORK:
We are so excited to say that we have over 700 local health departments that are participating in PH WINS 2024. We also were able to open the survey up to the health departments in the U.S. territories and freely associated states.
SILVERS:
Agency and national data for the survey will be released in the summer of next year. Find more information on the PH WINS survey by clicking the link in the show notes.
Also today, become a better leader and advance your career by participating in ASTHO's Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health [DELPH] program. Applications for the next cohort are now being accepted. We have a link to some past success stories from the program as well as the application form in the show notes.
And ASTHO has an upcoming webinar that will equip you with the tools to better your performance management systems. O'Keyla Cooper has more.
O'KEYLA COOPER:
Join ASTHO on Tuesday, October 29 at 3 p.m. ET for the Elevating Tools and Resources for Transforming Performance Management webinar. The Public Health Foundation will unveil a new web page focused on the performance management needs of PHIG recipients along with updates to the Performance Management Toolkit. You can find the registration link in the show notes.
SILVERS:
Finally, on tomorrow's newscast...
LILY MCCLURE:
So, ASTHO really helped us uncover what does that gap look like and gives us suggestions for how we start to close it.
SILVERS:
Lily McClure tells us how Texas benefited from ASTHO's Peer Assessment Program. Follow the show and you'll have the episode on your mobile device at 5 a.m. Just tap the plus sign in the upper right corner of the screen you're looking at right now.
That'll do it for today. We're back tomorrow morning with more ASTHO news and information. I'm Jansen Silvers. You're listening to the award-winning Public Health Review Morning Edition. Have a great day.
