Injury And Violence Prevention Episodes

391: Heartbreaking Gun Violence, ACIP Explained
April 4, 2023

391: Heartbreaking Gun Violence, ACIP Explained

On Day Two of Public Health Week, Rich Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, discusses policies that would help reduce gun violence in America; the Public Health Foundation has a new video explaining the CDC’s Advisory Committee...
359: Vermont’s Pandemic Communications, Gun Violence Grant
Feb. 16, 2023

359: Vermont’s Pandemic Communications, Gun Violence Grant

Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, offers his colleagues some advice in a new ASTHO video about improving public health through data and communication; Dr. David Grossman, Vice President for Social Health and Equity at...
353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities
Feb. 8, 2023

353: Community Vaccination Push, Campaign for Safer Communities

Ernia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organization hopes to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates with grants to more than 1,400 community health centers...
296: Data Model for Violence Prevention
Nov. 2, 2022

296: Data Model for Violence Prevention

Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO President-Elect and Kentucky Public Health Commissioner, discusses Kentucky’s new online system to report foodborne illnesses; Ankur Jain, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics, examines a...
260: ASTHO’s Impact on Public Health
Sept. 12, 2022

260: ASTHO’s Impact on Public Health

ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser previews his State of ASTHO address to members meeting this week in Atlanta; Mark Miller, Vice President of Communications for the de Beaumont Foundation, says when it comes to restoring trust in public health, there are no...
210: Responses to Gun Violence
June 30, 2022

210: Responses to Gun Violence

Lindsey Myers, ASTHO’s Vice President for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses a new blog article she authored with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia about men and gun violence; Dr. Steven Stack, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for...
200: Common Ground on Gun Violence Responses
June 15, 2022

200: Common Ground on Gun Violence Responses

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, discusses the tragedy of gun violence in America and its connection to men’s mental health; Dr. Randall Williams, Missouri’s former Health Director, talks about a book he is writing about his...
196: Gun Violence and Public Health
June 9, 2022

196: Gun Violence and Public Health

Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Health Commissioner, explains how public health ought to respond to a recent spate of shootings that have left dozens dead and even more injured across the U.S.; Meighan Haupt, Chief of Staff with the National Association of...
195: Hospitals Prepping for COVID-19 Surge
June 8, 2022

195: Hospitals Prepping for COVID-19 Surge

Akin Demehin, Senior Director of Quality and Patient Safety Policy with the American Hospital Association, explains how hospitals are preparing for the possibility of another COVID-19 wave later this year; Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Health Commissioner,...
182: Consulting School Nurses
May 19, 2022

182: Consulting School Nurses

Linda Mendonca, President of the National Association of School Nurses, discusses nurses needing a break, but also wanting more input regarding school health policy; Dr. Tom Simon, the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Violence...
181: Messaging the Baby Formula Crisis
May 18, 2022

181: Messaging the Baby Formula Crisis

Brian Dittmeier, Senior Director of Public Policy at the National WIC Association,  tells us how public health agencies can support parents through the baby formula shortage; Lindsey Myers, ASTHO’s Vice President for Social and Behavioral...
158: Best of ME– Epidemiologists Needed
April 15, 2022

158: Best of ME– Epidemiologists Needed

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, explains the critical need to hire hundreds of epidemiologists in public health departments nationwide; Richard Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, outlines...
128: Epidemiologists Needed
March 1, 2022

128: Epidemiologists Needed

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, explains the critical need to hire hundreds of epidemiologists in public health departments nationwide; Richard Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, outlines...
120: Supporting Public Health Authority
Feb. 16, 2022

120: Supporting Public Health Authority

Margret Cooke, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, examines the value of public health authority when responding to a public health emergency; Alison Beam, Pennsylvania’s former acting Secretary of Health, says the response forced by...
114: How Federal Agencies Can Work Together
Feb. 8, 2022

114: How Federal Agencies Can Work Together

Dr. Josh Sharfstein, a former public health official in Maryland and principal deputy commissioner at the FDA from 2009 until 2011, says continued public confusion over testing, booster doses, and medications could be improved if two federal agencies...