Youth Mental Health Episodes - Page 3 | Public Health Review Morning Edition

Feb. 22, 2023

362: Teen Girls in Crisis, Looking for Diverse Executives

Robin Matthies, ASTHO’s Director for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, encourages ASTHO members to review a CDC report that says teen girls in the U.S. are in crisis; Harold Gil, a graduate of ASTHO’s Diverse Executives Leading in Public...

Guests: Robin Matthies MSW , Harold Gil MSPH

Oct. 5, 2022

277: Modernize WIC

Brian Dittmeier, Senior Director of Public Policy for the National WIC Association, discusses ways to modernize the WIC program; Ali Hard, Senior Policy Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at the USDA, says states have more flexibility to work with...

Guests: Brian Dittmeier JD , Ali Hard MS RD , Allison Budzinski MSW CAPSW CWWS

Oct. 3, 2022

275: PH Can Help End Hunger

ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser reflects on last week’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, makes a seasonal vaccine...

Guests: Nirav Shah MD JD , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Jessica Frain MSW

Sept. 29, 2022

273: Classroom Mental Health

Dr. Sharon Hoover, Co-Director of the National Center for School Mental Health, describes how students are wrestling with mental health challenges; Stephen Massey, Director of the Health Action Alliance, discusses a playbook to guide businesses...

Guests: Stephen Massey MIA , Sharon Hoover PhD

Sept. 15, 2022

263: Youth Worried About Climate Change

Rachael Banks, Public Health Director for the Oregon Health Authority Division of Public Health, discusses the results of a new study exploring the connections between climate change and youth mental health; Rebecca Fronberg, Program Manager at the...

Guests: Rachael Banks MPA , Rebecca Fronberg

Sept. 6, 2022

256: Helping Youth in Crisis

Heather Sebero, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses the alarming mental health crisis impacting young people across the country; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect and the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska,...

Guests: Anne Zink MD FACEP , Heather Sebero MPA

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...

Guests: Lindsey Myers MPH , Steven Stack MD , Kini Tinkham

June 29, 2022

209: New Tool Predicts PH Risks

Dr. Lisa Lines, Senior Health Services Researcher with RTI International, discusses a new tool built to help public health leaders measure, predict, and respond to social factors that impact population health; Kini Tinkham, Executive Director for the...

Guests: Lisa Lines PhD MPH , Kini Tinkham

June 28, 2022

208: Inclusive Communications Tips

Susan Laird, a health communications specialist with the CDC, discusses the need to use more inclusive communication when working with individuals or groups; Sheila Nelson, Program Manager for Adolescent Health and Injury Prevention with the Maine Center for...

Guests: Susan Laird DNP MSN RN , Sheila Nelson

June 14, 2022

199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments from Miss Opal Lee known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, as part of a Juneteenth webinar on...

Guests: Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge MD MPH , Genny Grilli MPH

June 3, 2022

192: Helping LGBTQI+ Youth

Admiral Rachel Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains how recent negative rhetoric focused on gender identity and sexual orientation in the classroom is impacting young people;...

Guests: Admiral Rachel Levine MD , Sandy Noel MPH

June 2, 2022

191: New Mental Health Commission

Lynn Gallagher, former New Mexico State Health Director, explains how a new commission created by the New Mexico Supreme Court will work to address the mental health needs of people who are in and out of the court system; Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive...

Guests: Jill Hunsaker Ryan MPH , K. Lynn Gallagher JD

April 28, 2022

167: Tech Xpo Preview

J.T. Lane, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Population Health and Innovation, explains how public health has a unique opportunity to modernize its data systems to prepare for the next crisis in a preview of the upcoming Public Health Tech Xpo; Ioana...

Guests: J.T. Lane MPH , Ioana Ungureanu MPH