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While communities transition from emergency response to long-term monitoring and recovery, the federal government and states are taking legislative action to improve emergency preparedness capabilities.

Six DELPH scholars give their insights to learn more about how the data modernization initiative and DEI intersect with public health.

ASTHO pledges to help public health agencies promote health equity and achieve optimal health for all by addressing inequities like structural racism.

To promote health equity for people with disabilities, public health planning efforts should be intentional and inclusive. ASTHO has identified health equity as a strategic priority and supports its members in their quest to increase disability inclusion through capacity building, partnerships, workforce development, and data collection.

Health is impacted not only by our genes and our lifestyles, but also by the social and economic systems that determine our quality of life and access to certain resources and care.

Operationalizing Equity ASTHO is a national capacity-building and technical-assistance provider that supports state and island initiatives that eliminate health disparities. This includes programs that help populations at high-risk of poor health outcomes and who have been historically underserved, including rural, racial, and ethnic minoritized communities. We inform methods to help agencies adopt cross-sector and cross-agency coordination to build a culture of health equity at the programmatic and organizational level. Where much of public health programming is categorical, our approach starts with the assumption that health inequities are not natural or inevitable and therefore requires a shift to focus on systemic causes that influence our systems. ASTHO’s technical support prioritizes transformation strategies to improve public health infrastructure, race and ethnicity data collection, and responses to events that exacerbate disparities. ASTHO provides assistance engaging community health workers and community-based groups, and establishing a culture of health equity through policies, practices, and quality improvement measures. website

Tribal Health association of state and territorial health officials, astho, tribal health, American Indian, Alaska native, ai/an, ai/an communities, high quality public health services, state health departments, tribal health liaisons, tribal communities, state tribal liaison, public health agencies, public health needs, tribal environmental health, American Indian health American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) populations are a rich tapestry of diverse and resilient cultures. Their population is growing, and they number in the millions. However, they are among the most marginalized communities with some of the poorest health outcomes in the country. ASTHO works with tribal, federal, state, and local partners to change this. Tribal health and public health systems interact but are distinct from state and federal systems. The resources below aim to foster connections across systems and community members to improve health outcomes, with a focus on health equity and the unique challenges tribal populations face. article

This interactive guide is a tool to help public health changemakers identify their place on the path to health equity.

This commentary evaluates the application of ASTHO's Islands Health Equity Framework in two island areas.

This Roadmap supports rural health organizations to deepen health equity efforts to create the conditions for everyone to thrive together using the Pathways to Population Health Equity framework.

This editorial highlights the territories and freely associated states’ achievements in reducing health disparities.

An interactive framework and database to assist health departments in advancing health equity and incorporating communities in population health programs and strategies.

Infectious Disease Prevention Improving Infectious Disease Prevention Capacity Association of state and territorial health officials, astho, infectious disease, public health agencies, management of infectious disease, emerging infectious disease, infectious disease threats, support disease elimination, state and territorial public health agencies, infectious disease public health, vaccine-preventable, immunization services, infectious disease prevention, advance health equity, vaccine confidence, disease intervention, disease intervention specialists, contact trace, influenza, flu, CORHA Infectious disease prevention is at the core of public health work — strengthen your capacity to prevent and control infectious disease with ASTHO tools. Infectious disease prevention and control is a core function of state and territorial public health. This effort is reliant on disease surveillance, effective public health policy, outbreak response, and communication. ASTHO’s Infectious Disease teams are committed to helping health agencies as they track and respond to new and emerging infectious diseases and implement effective infectious disease programs and policies. They work to strengthen state and territorial capacity to prepare for, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats (e.g., emerging pathogens, vaccine-preventable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, and antimicrobial-resistant organisms). Key efforts include: Providing strategic guidance on emerging policy and programmatic issues affecting state and territorial public health infectious disease efforts, including through ASTHO’s Infectious Disease Policy Committee. Collaborating with national partners, including the Association of Immunization Managers, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and other key partners to advance shared priorities. Leading and facilitating The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens to improve public health and health care outbreak responses. ASTHO’s Infectious Disease teams also develop vital resources — from blog articles to reports and online courses — detailing the latest policy trends in infectious disease prevention, new outbreaks and recommended actions, innovations in public health preparedness, and more. Explore these and other infectious disease topics in the following resources. website

"Bounce forward" into a better world by using these resources to create healthier, more resilient communities.

Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Case Investigators and Contact Tracers The nation's ability to quickly contain infectious disease outbreaks is more important than ever, and an expanded contact tracing workforce is critical for this effort. ASTHO and the National Coalition of STD Directors are pleased to offer this free online course to support the rapid training and scale-up this new contact tracing workforce. Interested in taking the course? Check out our FAQs for Learners (PDF). Interested in directing your learners to the course? Check out our FAQs for Public Health Authorities and Training Providers (PDF). Additional questions? Contact the training team. Looking for additional contact tracing resources? Visit ASTHO's COVID-19 page. website no

An ASTHO podcast discussing the financing mechanisms states can use to integrate CHW services into the health care system—and how state/territorial health agencies can support Medicaid in these efforts with Diana Crumley, JD, MPAff, Former Associate Director of Delivery System Reform at the Center for Health Care Strategies.

Health in All Policies ASTHO has been providing resources to empower states and territories to implement health in all policies (HiAP) strategies for over a decade. HiAP is a collaborative approach that integrates and articulates health and equity considerations into policy making and programming across sectors, and at all levels, to improve the health of all communities and individuals. Using a HiAP strategy, public health practitioners collaborate with other sectors to define and achieve mutually beneficial goals. ASTHO’s HiAP resources include reports, policy guides, success stories, and briefs. website

This article identifies key interventions to advance health equity in the island areas.

Provides a place of connection for CHWs as well as provides professional development and training opportunities.

A Youtube video walking users through the Pathways to Population Health Equity website and how to utilize its resources.