Episodes

Aug. 16, 2024

730: Legislatures Consider Public Health Issues, Thousands Respond to Youth Survey

Maggie Davis, ASTHO director of State Health Policy, updates us on movements that could reshape public health authority; Emily Fine, school and youth survey manager at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, discusses the results of...
Aug. 15, 2024

729: NC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Hurricane Debby Impacts GA

Ellen Essick, section chief for the NC Healthy Schools Section at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, explains the results of North Carolina’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey; Byron Lobsinger, environmental health emergency planner for...
Aug. 14, 2024

728: Pregnant Persons Accidental Overdose, Talking Health In The 406

Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, Medical Director of the Louisiana Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review and the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative, details the work to lower accidental overdose among pregnant persons; Linda Krantz, Health...
Aug. 13, 2024

727: Lead Testing, KFF Health Misinformation Monitor

Dr. Debra Bogen, secretary of health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, discusses the importance of testing children for lead; Irving Washington, senior vice president and executive director for KFF’s Health Misinformation and Trust Initiative,...
Aug. 12, 2024

726: Updated Policy Statements, CHW Investments

Mark Levine, ASTHO member and commissioner of health for the State of Vermont, recaps some recent updates to a few ASTHO policy statements; Sherri Ohly, co-director of the Envision Equity CHW Training and Technical Assistance Center, says Community...
Aug. 9, 2024

725: Baltimore Overdose Deaths, SNAP Funding Critical

Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, distinguished professor of practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the former Baltimore City health commissioner, explains the ups and downs of overdose deaths in Baltimore across the last decade;...
Aug. 8, 2024

724: Gun Violence Is A PH Issue, Maternal Autopsies

Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO president-elect and Alabama state health officer, discusses his state’s new maternal autopsy program; Calliana Thomas, director of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the New York State Department of Health, tells us...
Aug. 7, 2024

723: Certified Wellness Coaches, AZ Reach

Ben Gamache, policy consultant for the Office of Health Workforce Development at the Department of Health Care Access and Information, explains why California has created a new position; Dr. Lisa Villarroel, chief medical officer for Public Health at...
Aug. 6, 2024

722: NM Heat Dashboard, Vaccination Misinformation Continues

Dr. Chelsea Langer, program manager for the Environmental Health Program at the New Mexico Department of Health, explains the capabilities of the department’s HEAT dashboard; Amy Maxmen, public health correspondent at KFF Health News, tells us about...
Aug. 5, 2024

721: Social Media Warning Label, Essentials of Leadership Management

Dr. Jane Harness, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry, discusses the surgeon general’s recent call for warning labels on social media; Bryan Jimenez, program supervisor for communicable disease...
Aug. 2, 2024

720: Poll Reveals Trust-Building Opportunities, Congress Preps for Recess

Dr. Gillian SteelFisher, director of global polling at the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, tells us what a new national poll says about people and their public health priorities; Jeffrey Ekoma,...
Aug. 1, 2024

719: Tick Talk, Government Worker Burnout

Dr. Scott Harris, ASTHO president-elect and state health officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health, tells us about an education campaign about tick-borne diseases; Sean Newhouse, staff reporter for Government Executive, explains a study...
July 31, 2024

718: Funding Community Health Workers, Legal Map Surveys Overdose Laws

Dr. Karen Hacker, director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC, says Medicaid and Medicare may be able to help keep community health workers on the front lines; Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, vice president and...
July 30, 2024

717: Online Hub Offers Heat Relief, Medicaid Benefit Keeps Oregon Members Cool

Christine Schell, manager for the department of environmental protection at the Office of Environmental and Public Health Analysis in New Jersey, tells us about an online portal in New Jersey that explains to people the health impacts of hot summer...
July 29, 2024

716: Public Health Authority Recommendations, Workforce Open Houses

Andy Baker-White, ASTHO senior director for State Health Policy, discusses the ongoing discussion over legal tools needed to ensure public health during outbreaks and emergencies; Maggie Davis, ASTHO director of State Health Policy, says funding and...
July 26, 2024

715: Preventable Early Deaths, Appropriations Season Continues

Dr. Macarena Garcia, a senior health scientist at the Office of Rural Health at the CDC, summarizes a report focused on preventable premature deaths in rural America; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO senior director for Government Affairs, updates us on the...
July 25, 2024

714: Accessible Healthcare For People With Disabilities, Avian Influenza Update

Dr. Audrey Juhasz, researcher at the Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice, explains a project she is working on that is focused on accessible healthcare for people with disabilities; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO chief medical officer,...
July 24, 2024

713: Tribal Nations Get Data Modernization Support, Heat Index Informs Public Health Work

Jim Jellison, vice president of technology strategy and innovation at the National Network of Public Health Institutes, describes a new CDC-funded implementation center that will help tribal agencies with their data modernization work; Amy Lavery, an...
July 23, 2024

712: Preparing for Tornadoes, Helping People with Disabilities During Emergencies

Dr. Kristina Kintziger, associate professor and the associate director of the Water, Climate, and Health program at the University of Nebraska, explains the long-term community impacts of a tornado; Nassira Nicola, deputy director for Access and...
July 22, 2024

711: PHAB’s Implementation Center Role, Tobacco Retailer Licensing Policy Trends

Whitney Magendie, lead advisor of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant at the Public Health Accreditation Board, tells us about PHAB’s involvement in the newly announced National Implementation Centers; Ann Abraham, senior analyst of Chronic...
July 19, 2024

710: Workforce Burnout Strategies, Naloxone Saturation Academy

Melissa Jezior, CEO of Eagle Hill Consulting, says burnout on the decline continues to create challenges in the workplace; Dr. Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Use Treatment at SAMHSA, tells us the Naloxone Saturation Policy Academy...
July 18, 2024

709: Guam’s Business Process Improvement Program, Leveraging Medicaid to Support CHWs

Karl Ensign, ASTHO vice president of island support, tells us about ASTHO’s work on the Guam Interagency Business Process Improvement Program to Strengthen Administrative Capacity project; Diana Crumley, former associate director of delivery system...
July 17, 2024

708: Data Modernization Help, Map Tracks Infrastructure Bills

Massimo Pacilli, director of the technology implementation office at the office of public health data surveillance and technology with the CDC, discusses the newly announced implementation center project; Lindsey Myers, ASTHO vice president for public...
July 16, 2024

707: New National Suicide Prevention Strategy Explained, Washington State Launches 9-8-8 Campaign

Dr. Deborah Stone, lead behavioral scientist for Suicide Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explains the strategies that make up a new national strategy to prevent suicide;  Nikki Meline, Social Marketing and Public Health...