Policy And Advocacy Episodes

429: New Fall Prevention Guide, Debt Debate Drags On
Injury And Violence Prevention Public Health Communication Policy And Advocacy Geriatric Health

429: New Fall Prevention Guide, Debt Debate Drags On

May 26, 2023

Katherine Palm, Senior Program Analyst for Injury and Violence Prevention with the National Association of County and City Health Officials, details a new clinical fall prevention guide; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice Pre…

424: People Power, Movement on Spending Bills
Public Health Workforce Public Health Funding Policy And Advocacy TechXpo And Futures Forum Leadership Development

424: People Power, Movement on Spending Bills

May 19, 2023

AJ Pearlman, Director of Public Health AmeriCorps, says the organization can provide the people to support agency infrastructure improvements; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Re…

399: Trust Strategies, Congress Gets Back to Work
Island Jurisdictions Public Health Communication Medicaid Opioid Epidemic Health Equity Summit Policy And Advocacy Federal Government Affairs TechXpo And Futures Forum

399: Trust Strategies, Congress Gets Back to Work

April 14, 2023

Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Senior Associate Dean at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health, reflects on restoring trust in public health; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director of Government Affairs, tells …

379: Changes to Emergency Powers, Hill Gives ASTHO Recess Homework
Emergency Preparedness Funding COVID-19 Emergency Powers Policy And Advocacy View From Washington, D.C.

379: Changes to Emergency Powers, Hill Gives ASTHO Recess Homework

March 17, 2023

Gregory Sunshine, Public Health Analyst with the Centers for Disease Control, explains how state and territorial emergency powers have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic; and Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of …

352: Redefining Community Safety, New Capitol Hill Leadership
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352: Redefining Community Safety, New Capitol Hill Leadership

Feb. 7, 2023

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, says the Community Safety Campaign is about making sure people who live in communities have livable wages, and affordable and safe housing; Carolyn McC…

350: Disability Etiquette, Self-Care Tips for Staff
Disability And Preparedness Public Health Workforce Policy And Advocacy

350: Disability Etiquette, Self-Care Tips for Staff

Feb. 3, 2023

Dawn Skaggs, the Emergency, Disaster and Climate Resilience Specialist at World Institute on Disability, will help lead an ASTHO training event on Monday that will ask attendees to develop more equitable approaches in their …

348: WSJ on Fentanyl Dangers, COVID Emergency Ending
COVID-19 Overdose Prevention Opioids Emergency Powers Policy And Advocacy

348: WSJ on Fentanyl Dangers, COVID Emergency Ending

Feb. 1, 2023

Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has been reporting on the opioid crisis for more than a year but says it’s still a difficult story to write; Andy Baker-White, ASTHO Senior Director of St…

347: Educating Capitol Hill, Buffalo Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness Environmental Health Policy And Advocacy

347: Educating Capitol Hill, Buffalo Preparedness

Jan. 31, 2023

Devon Page, ASTHO Government Affairs Analyst, says ASTHO wants to work with both parties in Congress to find common ground for the good of public health; Arnold Bogis, ASTHO Senior Analyst and Research Associate, tells us wh…

346: Federal Budget Partners, Rural Telehealth Strategies
Immunization COVID-19 Insight And Inspiration Rural Health Telehealth Public Health Funding Policy And Advocacy

346: Federal Budget Partners, Rural Telehealth Strategies

Jan. 30, 2023

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, is keeping an eye on the budget wrangling taking place on Capitol Hill; Ashley Cram, with ASTHO, explains how ASTHO members are working …

342: Racial Healing, Tech Helps Messaging
Health Equity Informatics And Surveillance Racism And Public Health Public Health Data Modernization Public Health Data And Technology Policy And Advocacy

342: Racial Healing, Tech Helps Messaging

Jan. 24, 2023

Caroline Brunton, Program Officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, talks about the National Day of Racial Healing first celebrated by the Foundation seven years ago; Dr. Brannon Traxler, Director of Public Health with the So…

338: Medicaid Cliff, Global View for Public Health
COVID-19 ASTHO Island Jurisdictions Infectious Diseases Medicaid Policy And Advocacy

338: Medicaid Cliff, Global View for Public Health

Jan. 18, 2023

Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, shares the good news that Congress has addressed Medicaid funding concerns that have plagued the U.S. territories for years; Dr. Jay Butler, former ASTHO Pr…

327: COVID Impacts Top Issues in 2023
COVID-19 Leadership And Workforce Development Public Health Workforce Pandemics TechXpo State Health Policy Policy And Advocacy

327: COVID Impacts Top Issues in 2023

Dec. 20, 2022

Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses the purpose of the organization’s annual legislative series which identifies the top 10 public health issues to watch in the new year; Dr. Dan Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi…

326: 2023 Federal Policy Agenda
Environmental Health Health Equity HIV Climate And Health Policy And Advocacy 2023 Federal Policy Agenda

326: 2023 Federal Policy Agenda

Dec. 19, 2022

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, is getting set to work on key public health policy issues with a new Congress taking office in a few weeks; Rachel Scheckman, ASTHO Seni…

325: America’s Alarming Preterm Birth Rate
Environmental Health Climate And Health Natural Disasters Women, Infant, And Family Health Vector-Borne Disease Policy And Advocacy

325: America’s Alarming Preterm Birth Rate

Dec. 16, 2022

Dr. Kathryn Mishkin, Head of the Office of Data Science and Mission Strategy with the March of Dimes, discusses the rise in preterm birth in the United States; Emma Carlson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Environmental Health, say…

299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern
Immunization Social And Behavioral Health Overdose Prevention Infectious Diseases Substance Use Disorder State Health Policy Policy And Advocacy

299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern

Nov. 7, 2022

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, releases a statement addressing the response to a spike in respiratory infections; Dr. Jose Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, addres…