ASTHO Policy Statement Episodes
270
May 9, 2024
661: PH Adopts EJ Priorities, Health Forecasts Model Weather Service Approach
Anil Nair, director for the Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology within the Department of Health in Pennsylvania, says their state is taking a deeper look at environmental justice; Dr. Dylan George, director of the Center for Forecasting and...
Guests: Dylan George PhD MS , Anil Nair, PhD, MPH
167
Dec. 4, 2023
556: New Suicide Prevention Policy Statement, Testing Could Curb Newborn Syphilis Cases
Dr. Mark Levine, commissioner, Vermont Department of Health, says ASTHO’s new policy statement on suicide prevention offers many recommendations including a call to improve access to health care services for those at highest risk; Dr. Robert...
163
Nov. 28, 2023
552: ASTHO Updates Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy Statement, New Grants Management Toolkit
Patricia Tilley, director, Division of Public Health Services with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, discusses ASTHO’s sexual and reproductive health policy statement; Meghan Fadel, associate director, Healthy Brain...
148
Nov. 2, 2023
537: Presidential Reflections, Medicaid Successes
Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska Chief Medical Officer and ASTHO Immediate Past President, reflects on her time at the head of the organization; Dr. Susan Kansagra (SHO-NC), North Carolina Assistant Public Health Secretary, says her agency...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Susan Kansagra, MD, MBA
141
Oct. 24, 2023
530: Equity Policy Statement, New Maine Official Ponders Pandemic Lessons
Dr. Joan Duwve, State Health Officer for the Kansas Department of Health, talks about the need to put equity at the center of all public health work; Dr. Puthiery Va, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, explains that...
87
Aug. 7, 2023
476: Urging Calm Over COVID-19 Numbers, Health and Social Systems Alignment
Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, shares the current COVID-19 status and a look ahead into the coming seasons; Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO president elect and the Commissioner for Public Health for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, outlines...
Guests: Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH , Steven Stack, MD
86
Aug. 4, 2023
475: Health Data Modernization, Senate Appropriations Bill
ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, says policy is the biggest challenge facing public health data modernization; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations,...
Guests: Anne Zink, MD, FACEP , Carolyn Mullen