Maternal And Infant Health Episodes

Aug. 11, 2023

480: RSV Messaging, Emergency Contraception

Hear from the experts who participated in an ASTHO online briefing on the coming RSV season; Sophia Durant, ASTHO’s Analyst of Family and Child Health, says access to emergency contraception is a health equity issue; and an …
July 20, 2023

464: Paxlovid Uptake Lags, New Healthy Aging Policy Statement

Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, says public health aims to strengthen the use of antiviral COVID-19 protections in nursing homes; Priya Shah, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst of Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, sha…
July 19, 2023

463: Tracking West Nile Virus, Funding Doula Care

Dr. Catherine Brown, State Epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, explains how Massachusetts is addressing West Nile Virus found in the state; Jennifer Lee, Director of the Bureau of Tobacco Control…
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 fo…
June 5, 2023

434: Mpox Concerns, Newborn Screening Policies

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Deputy Coordinator of the Mpox National Response for the White House, shares steps public health leaders can take to protect against a potential rise in Mpox cases; Christina Severin, Director of Publ…
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 po…
May 5, 2023

414: Five Mental Health Steps, Corporate Health Equity

Schroeder Stribling, President and CEO of Mental Health America, says focusing on early prevention and wellness activities can improve mental health outcomes; the Public Health Review podcast has a new episode on STI care mo…
March 15, 2023

377: Lingering Pandemic Impacts, Screening for Syphilis

Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for Alabama Public Health, addresses the startling statistic that there have been more deaths in Alabama than births for two straight years; Nada Hassanein, Health Inequities Reporter f…
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 Seni…
Sept. 19, 2022

265: Maternal Health Crisis Blueprint

Dr. Jamila Perritt, President and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, discusses the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis; Emma Talkington, ASTHO Environmental Health Analyst, explains why AS…
July 28, 2022

229: Heat Waves Require New Thinking

Dr. Evan Mallen, an ORISE Fellow with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says cities and states need to adapt plans and programs to changes in climate that impact public health; Dr. Joseph Kanter, State Health O…
July 25, 2022

226: CDC’s Multi-Billion Dollar Investment

Nick Davidson, Senior Deputy for Public Health with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, discusses the CDC’s plan to invest almost four billion dollars in public health capacity, workforce, and …
July 21, 2022

224: Children’s Mental Health

Annie Evans, ASTHO’s Director of Preparedness and Disability Integration, discusses the results of an 18-month project that placed disability and preparedness specialists in jurisdictions across the states and territories; J…
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 Q…
July 14, 2022

219: New Opioid Use Disorder Infographics

Sanaa Akbarali, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Maternal and Infant Health, discusses strategies to improve care for pregnant and postpartum people with opioid use disorder; ASTHO produces a special supplement for the American J…