Episodes - Page 25 | Public Health Review Morning Edition

Dec. 14, 2022

323: Mental Health Outlook

Lindsey Myers, ASTHO Vice President for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses the growing mental health crisis, and options available to public health leaders looking to help people; Jazmyn Covington, ASTHO Director of Maternal and Infant Health,...

Dec. 13, 2022

322: Sorting Anti-Vaccine Legislation

Brent Ewig, Chief Policy and Government Relations Officer for the Association of Immunization Managers, is tracking legislative attempts to weaken local immunization laws; Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, CDC Director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention,...

Dec. 12, 2022

321: Celebrating ASTHO’s 80th Birthday

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, discusses the significance of ASTHO’s 80th anniversary; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO’s Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and...

Dec. 9, 2022

320: Hurricane Health Hazards

Sidnie Christian, ASTHO Analyst for Infectious Diseases, calls attention to the public health impacts of hurricanes; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses the organization turning 80 years old this year; and ASTHO recently hosted a call with the Climate...

Dec. 8, 2022

319: Mpox Readiness

Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, explains how the agency’s Mpox response benefitted from its COVID-19 experience; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, says...

Dec. 7, 2022

318: STI Strategies in Rural Wyoming

Leslie Fowler, Prevention Program Manager with the Wyoming Department of Health, discusses the challenges of reaching people with STI information and services; Shalini Nair, Senior Analyst for Infection Disease for ASTHO, says five community action...

Dec. 6, 2022

317: Removing Barriers to HIV Treatment

Kim Martin, ASTHO’s Director of Immunization, reminds us that vaccines this winter are more important than ever as we recognize National Influenza Vaccination Week; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, discusses the announcement that ASTHO is one of three to win...

Dec. 5, 2022

316: Mental Health Needs of School-Age Girls

Amber Williams, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President for Leadership and Organizational Performance, talks about the organization’s annual winter retreat happening this week in San Diego; Lexa Giragosian, Analyst for Maternal and Infant Health with ASTHO,...

Dec. 2, 2022

315: Historic PH Investment News

Amber Williams, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Leadership & Organizational Performance, discusses the CDC’s announcement that ASTHO will receive significant funding to help public health agencies address key infrastructure needs; Brent Ewig, Chief...

Dec. 1, 2022

314: Ending the AIDS Epidemic

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, CDC Director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, discusses the ongoing HIV epidemic on World AIDS Day; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, says newly announced money from the CDC will allow his organization to “fully engage and...

Nov. 30, 2022

313: Tennessee’s Health Resilience Grants

Beth Kallmyer, Vice President of Care and Support at the Alzheimer’s Association, discusses National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month; Dr. Morgan McDonald, Interim Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Health, examines plans to award $230...

Nov. 29, 2022

312: Tracking Tobacco Policy

Ann Abraham, ASTHO Chronic Disease Prevention Analyst, discusses the need for tobacco control staff members to stay informed of the latest policies in this area; Crystal Rommen, Director of Louisiana Families for Vaccines, says vaccine advocates are...

Nov. 28, 2022

311: More Flexible Opioid Guidelines

Dr. Christopher Jones, Acting Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, discusses new guidelines that are meant to give providers more flexibility when it comes to treating pain with opioids; Brandi Hight Bank, Vice President...

Nov. 23, 2022

310: Teaching Vaccine Advocates

Becky Christensen, Founder and Campaign Director for Science and Families Engaging Communities Coalition and Action Fund, discusses protecting public access to vaccines; Kinetra Joseph, Campaign Director for the CDC Foundation, explains the...

Nov. 22, 2022

309: South Dakota’s Tribal Partnerships

Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, discusses how the organization’s 150th anniversary was celebrated at its annual meeting held recently in Boston; Joan Adam, Secretary of the South Dakota Department...

Nov. 21, 2022

308: Thankful for People in Public Health

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Chief Medical Officer of the Alaska Department of Health, shares some encouraging words to celebrate Public Health Thank You Day; Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, appreciates the significance of Public Health Thank You Day,...

Guests: Anne Zink MD FACEP , Michael Fraser PhD MS CAE FCPP , Beth Giambrone MPP

Nov. 17, 2022

307: New Congress Means More Oversight

Susan Best, Program Manager for the Division of Food and Lead Risk Assessment with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, discusses the implementation of virtual restaurant inspections; Devon Page, ASTHO Government Affairs...

Nov. 17, 2022

306: A Strategy to Ban Menthol

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, discusses the important role states and local jurisdictions have in removing flavored tobacco products, including menthol, from the market; Tamira Moon, ASTHO’s Director of Health Equity and Diversity...

Nov. 16, 2022

305: Prepping for Ebola

Dr. David Lakey, former Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, discusses the Texas response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak as a wave of Ebola cases in Uganda expands; Robert Gottlieb, a GIS Data Analyst for the Indiana Department...

Nov. 15, 2022

304: COVID-19’s Lessons on Homelessness

Dr. Emily Mosites, Senior Advisor on Special Populations for the CDC, discusses lessons learned from work done during the pandemic to help people experiencing homelessness; Heather Krasna, Associate Dean of Career Services at the Columbia University...

Nov. 14, 2022

303: A Win for Public Health

Dr. Judy Monroe, CDC Foundation President and CEO, announces ASTHO as one of the winners of the 2022 Fries Prize for Improving Health; Ericka McGowan, ASTHO Senior Director for Emerging Infection Disease, discusses a new CDC report about racial and...

Nov. 10, 2022

302: Veterans Working in Public Health

In a special edition of the newscast, we celebrate Veterans Day with thoughts from two veterans working in public health: Keith Reed, Oklahoma Commissioner of Health, is a registered nurse and a colonel in the Oklahoma Air National Guard and Dr....

Guests: Keith Reed RN MPH , Edward Simmer, MD, MPH , Edward Simmer MD MPH

Nov. 9, 2022

301: Health in All Policies Primer

Kerry Wyss, ASTHO’s Director of Environmental Health, outlines a new report about the value of a Health in All Policies approach to public health; Ali Aslam, ASTHO’s Senior Analyst for Environmental Health, discusses how grantmakers can...

Guests: Kerry Wyss , Donna Levin JD , Ali Aslam MPH

Nov. 8, 2022

300: New Tool for Suicide, Overdose, ACEs

Caitlin Langhorne Griffith, ASTHO’s Director of Behavioral Health, unveils a new public health tool known as SPACECAT, or Suicide, Overdose and Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool; Talyah Sands, ASTHO Director of Health...

Guests: Talyah Sands MPH , Grace Lee MPH CPH , Caitlin Langhorne Griffith MPH