Maternal Morbidity And Mortality Episodes

457: Medicaid Strategies for Rural Communities, Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Disorders
July 11, 2023

457: Medicaid Strategies for Rural Communities, Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Disorders

Lexa Giragosian, Analyst for Maternal & Infant Health at ASTHO, explains the improvements being made to health care for pregnant people and infants in rural areas; Ilisa Stalberg, Maternal and Child Health Deputy Director for the Vermont...
Guests: Lexa Giragosian MPH , Ilisa Stalberg MSS
426: Medicaid for Post-Partum People, Women’s Health Policy Statement
May 23, 2023

426: Medicaid for Post-Partum People, Women’s Health Policy Statement

Sowmya Kuruganti, ASTHO Public Health Analyst, explains how Medicaid expansion could increase access to care for postpartum people; Sanaa Akbarali, ASTHO Senior Director of Maternal and Infant Health, says a renewed ASTHO policy statement addresses...
Guests: Sanaa Akbarali MPH , Sowmya Kuruganti MPH
421: Talking TechXpo, Maternal Mortality Help
May 16, 2023

421: Talking TechXpo, Maternal Mortality Help

Avia Mason, ASTHO Vice President of Leadership and Learning, shares what attendees can expect from ASTHO’s Public Health TechXpo and Futures Forum happening next week in Chicago and online; Dr. Lily Lou, former Chief Medical Officer in Alaska and...
Guests: Avia Mason MPH , Lily Lou MD FAAP , Andrea O'Brien-Vives
420: Maternal Mortality Disparities, Risk Appropriate Care Could Help
May 15, 2023

420: Maternal Mortality Disparities, Risk Appropriate Care Could Help

Dr. Brannon Traxler, Director of Public Health for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, explains why South Carolina is seeing high rates of infant and maternal mortality; Dr. Eugene Toy, Gynecologist and professor of...
Guests: Emma Talkington MPH , Brannon Traxler MD MPH , Eugene Toy MD FACOG
413: Biden Gets PH Workforce Report; Maternal Care Policies
May 4, 2023

413: Biden Gets PH Workforce Report; Maternal Care Policies

Lindsey Myers, ASTHO’s Vice President for Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure, explains the importance of President Biden’s report on the public health workforce; Maria Gabriela Ruiz, an analyst on ASTHO’s Maternal and Infant Health team,...
Guests: Lindsey Myers MPH , Maria Gabriela Ruiz MPH
365: “Unacceptable” Maternal Mortality Rates, Mounting a Vaccination Defense
Feb. 27, 2023

365: “Unacceptable” Maternal Mortality Rates, Mounting a Vaccination Defense

Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, has studied the data in Mississippi’s latest Maternal Mortality Report and says the rates are unacceptable; Heather Tomlinson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for...
Guests: Daniel Edney MD , Heather Tomlinson
295: Island Policy Working Group
Nov. 1, 2022

295: Island Policy Working Group

Karl Ensign, ASTHO’s Vice President for Territorial Support, discusses the idea behind the Island Areas Workgroup, which is celebrating one year of connecting territories, freely associated states, and federal partners; ASTHO is making the case to...
Guests: Karl Ensign , David Goodman PhD
271: Minnesota Eyes Maternal Disparities
Sept. 27, 2022

271: Minnesota Eyes Maternal Disparities

Dr. Brooke Cunningham, Assistant Commissioner for the Health Equity Bureau with the Minnesota Department of Health, details a report that examined maternal deaths from 2017 to 2018; an ASTHO blog article explains how states and the federal government...
Guests: Maggie Davis JD MA , Brooke Cunningham MD PhD
221: Massachusetts Opioid Strategy
July 18, 2022

221: Massachusetts Opioid Strategy

Margret Cooke, Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, reflects on new preliminary data showing possible improvement this year for opioid-related overdose deaths; Dr. Amy Ladley, the State Perinatal Quality Program Manager for...
Guests: Margret Cooke JD , Amy Ladley PhD
206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations
June 24, 2022

206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations

Dawn Berkowitz, Chair of the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee, discusses a new policy recommendations guide released by the group; Liz Hendrix, the Policy Control Officer for the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee details what she...
Guests: Ellen Pliska MHS , Dawn Berkowitz MPH , Liz Hendrix MPP
150: Workforce - Public Health Week
April 5, 2022

150: Workforce - Public Health Week

Dr. Laura Parajon, New Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of Health, reacts to the findings of the new PH WINS survey and tells us how we can begin to support and rebuild frontline teams; Dr. Jose Montero, Director of the Center for State, Tribal, Local, and...
Guests: Laura Chanchien Parajon MD MPH , Jose Montero MD MHCDS