Women, Infant, And Family Health Episodes

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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…

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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…

Health Equity Leadership And Workforce Development Insight And Inspiration Public Health Workforce Women, Infant, And Family Health Opioid Epidemic Substance Use Disorder

284: Public Health Careers Website Launches

Oct. 17, 2022

Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO’s Director of Workforce Development discusses the debut of ASTHO’s new public health jobs website, ; an ASTHO blog article assesses Tennessee’s progress on Opioid Use Disorder throughout its maternal an…

Health Equity Immunization COVID-19 Leadership And Workforce Development Women, Infant, And Family Health Community Partnerships

283: New National Children’s Health Survey

Oct. 14, 2022

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, is joined by local public health directors to discuss public interest in the new COVID-19 booster; ASTHO is working with the National Community Action …

Health Equity Medicaid And Public Health Partnerships Insight And Inspiration Public Health Workforce Women, Infant, And Family Health Medicaid

281: Medicaid Approves Housing Waiver

Oct. 12, 2022

Caroline Brazeel, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Population Health and Innovation, discusses two demonstration waivers, one which allows Oregon to provide housing assistance to some people enrolled in Medicaid, that were approv…

Environmental Health Immunization COVID-19 Breastfeeding And Early Life Nutrition Support Women, Infant, And Family Health Healthy Aging

280: Promoting the New COVID-19 Booster

Oct. 11, 2022

Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, explains how he is working to convince more people to get the new COVID-19 booster shot; ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser attends a White House Summit on Indoor Ai…

Emergency Preparedness Health Equity Insight And Inspiration Natural Disasters Women, Infant, And Family Health

279: Stretching to Improve Equity

Oct. 7, 2022

Alicia Justice, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Programmatic Health Equity Initiatives and Strategy, talks about the Strategies to Repair Equity and Transform Community Health project, also known as STRETCH; Danny Staley, ASTHO’…

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278: How to Push Back on STDs

Oct. 6, 2022

Dr. Leandro Mena, Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC, discusses the latest preliminary data that counts 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis last year; Reyna Olaguez, Executive …

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277: Modernize WIC

Oct. 5, 2022

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 fl…