Community Health Initiatives Episodes

1121: The Power of a Strong Impact Statement
May 7, 2026

1121: The Power of a Strong Impact Statement

In a crowded funding environment, telling your story clearly isn’t extra work; it’s essential infrastructure. ASTHO Director of Infrastructure Communications Elise Moore explores a growing trend in grant funding: community impact statements, and why they’re becoming essential. At their core, these …
1114: PHIG Impact Report: Inside Multnomah County’s Workforce Resilience Strategy
April 28, 2026

1114: PHIG Impact Report: Inside Multnomah County’s Workforce Resilience Strategy

What does it take to build and sustain a strong public health workforce in uncertain times? In this episode Kirsten Aird, public health director for Oregon’s Multnomah County, explores how strategic investments are strengthening workforce capacity, stability, and community impact. Aird breaks down …
1102: National Public Health Week Day 3: Community Leadership
April 8, 2026

1102: National Public Health Week Day 3: Community Leadership

In this National Public Health Week conversation about community leadership and tobacco control, Josh Berry, director, chronic disease risk factors, at ASTHO, breaks down how state and territorial programs partner with trusted, on-the-ground community organizations to reach at-risk populations and …
1075: From Pipeline to Public Trust: Strengthening the Next Generation of Public Health
Feb. 24, 2026

1075: From Pipeline to Public Trust: Strengthening the Next Generation of Public Health

Public health is everywhere, but too often, people don’t see it. In this episode, we explore how the field can build a stronger future by investing in the next generation of professionals and improving how it communicates its...
979: Technical Assistance Infrastructure, Community Health Worker Awareness Week
Aug. 28, 2025

979: Technical Assistance Infrastructure, Community Health Worker Awareness Week

Christy Roby, local public health performance section supervisor with Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, explains how her agency developed a new technical assistance infrastructure referral system; Chelsea Cipriano, managing director of the Common Health Coalition...
947: PH Workforce Survey, STI Education Credits
July 15, 2025

947: PH Workforce Survey, STI Education Credits

Dr. Brian Castrucci, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, shares how the 2024 PH WINS survey can help state and local health departments develop more strategic workforce development plans; Dr. David Spach, editor-in-chief of the National STD Curriculum...
709: Guam’s Business Process Improvement Program, Leveraging Medicaid to Support CHWs
July 18, 2024

709: Guam’s Business Process Improvement Program, Leveraging Medicaid to Support CHWs

Karl Ensign, ASTHO vice president of island support, tells us about ASTHO’s work on the Guam Interagency Business Process Improvement Program to Strengthen Administrative Capacity project; Diana Crumley, former associate director of delivery system...