Women, Infant, And Family Health Episodes

Social And Behavioral Health Leadership And Workforce Development Mental Health Women, Infant, And Family Health Social Determinants Of Health DELPH Youth Mental Health

362: Teen Girls in Crisis, Looking for Diverse Executives

Feb. 22, 2023

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 Executi…

Immunization Chronic Disease Women, Infant, And Family Health Heart Disease Infectious Diseases DELPH RSV

361: RSV Immunization Considered, Making CPR and AEDs More Common

Feb. 21, 2023

Dr. Christopher Rizzo, Senior U.S. Medical Director for Sanofi, is working on a passive immunization for RSV that could help protect young infants from the virus; Lana McKinney, ASTHO Senior Policy Analyst for State Health P…

Immunization Women, Infant, And Family Health Food And Water Safety

357: Testing School Vaccination Requirements, Retail Food Safety Focus

Feb. 14, 2023

Claire Hannan, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers, is worried some who previously supported bills to prevent mandatory COVID vaccinations now might try to also weaken school vaccination requiremen…

Health Equity Opioids Disability And Preparedness Women, Infant, And Family Health Social Determinants Of Health

351: A Reporter’s Drug Strategy, Childcare is Public Health

Feb. 6, 2023

Julie Wernau, Health and Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has spent the last year reporting on the opioid crisis and offers some advice for public health; Shannon Vance, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Family & Child He…

Immunization Leadership And Workforce Development Women, Infant, And Family Health Food And Water Safety DELPH

343: Vaccination Disparities, Retail Food Mentorships

Jan. 25, 2023

Dr. Shannon Stokley, an Epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about another drop in childhood vaccination rates; Tiara Smith, a Program Analyst for Environmental Health with the National A…

Public Health Workforce Women, Infant, And Family Health Social Determinants Of Health Public Health Funding

341: Investing in PH, Protecting Children

Jan. 23, 2023

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Dean of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, says there's still a need for sustained investment in public health three years after the pandemic; Beth Giambrone, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Stat…

Health Equity Women, Infant, And Family Health Racism And Public Health

336: MLK in Public Health, Lactation Help for Incarcerated People

Jan. 13, 2023

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, reflects on the importance of Dr. King’s message to people working in public health; Shatoria Townsend, ASTHO Senior An…

Health Equity COVID-19 Leadership And Workforce Development Chronic Disease Women, Infant, And Family Health Diabetes Racism And Public Health

331: Vaccine Hesitancy Study, Diabetes in Palau

Jan. 6, 2023

Dr. Kimberly Martin, a President’s Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California San Francisco, says black people likely avoid COVID-19 vaccines because of their distrust of the healthcare system; Antonnette Merur, Ch…

Environmental Health Leadership And Workforce Development Climate And Health Women, Infant, And Family Health DELPH

330: Reproductive Health, Climate Challenges

Jan. 5, 2023

Dr. Denise Johnson, Acting Secretary of Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, says effective reproductive health policies strengthen communities; Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public He…

Tobacco Control HIV Chronic Disease Women, Infant, And Family Health TechXpo

329: Synthetic Nicotine, Ending HIV Stigma

Jan. 4, 2023

Rachael Banks, Public Health Director for the Oregon Health Authority, says policymakers need to address the problem of synthetic nicotine; Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health, …

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…

Public Health Thank You Day Island Jurisdictions Women, Infant, And Family Health Maternal Morbidity And Mortality Public Health Data And Technology

295: Island Policy Working Group

Nov. 1, 2022

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; ASTH…

Breastfeeding And Early Life Nutrition Support Women, Infant, And Family Health Healthcare-Associated Infections Infectious Diseases Policy And Advocacy

294: Public Health on the Ballot

Oct. 31, 2022

Jeanne Ayers, Executive Director of Healthy Democracy Healthy People and an ASTHO alum, discusses the impact of voting on public health; Grace Lee, Senior Analyst for Infectious Disease Infrastructure and Policy, authored a …

Chronic Disease Women, Infant, And Family Health Public Health Communication Public Health Data And Technology Epidemiology

292: Massachusetts Wins Genomics Center Work

Oct. 27, 2022

Margret Cooke, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, says the CDC has selected her state to develop one of five Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence in the country; there are new and updated Women…

Emergency Preparedness Health Equity Immunization Disability And Preparedness Women, Infant, And Family Health Tribal Health

287: New Disability Preparedness Toolkit

Oct. 20, 2022

Dawn Skaggs, Emergency, Disaster, and Climate Resilience Specialist for the World Institute on Disability, promotes a new Public Health Emergency Planning Toolkit to help agencies better serve people living with disabilities…