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This ASTHOConnects will focus on foundational knowledge surrounding PPC. This webinar will orient PPC within the larger movement to expand access to birth control and reproductive justice and describe the key elements of pharmacist prescribed contraception models and policy implications on implementation of PPC. Featured Speakers: - Sally Rafie, PharmD, BCPS, APh, NCMP, FCCP, FCPhA, Founder of Birth Control Pharmacist - Allie Jo Shipman, PharmD, MBA, Senior Director, Policy & Professional Affairs at National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA)

Are you considering centralizing grant management functions or enhancing your existing grants management office to maximize federal funding outcomes? Join our webinar to discover a new, cutting-edge resource - the Grants Management Office (GMO) Optimization Toolkit. You’ll gain essential insights on how the tool can help strengthen public health agency infrastructure, performance, and collaboration across administrative and program areas. During this session, ASTHO and partner V2A Consulting will provide an overview of the Toolkit and demonstrate assessment functions and outputs presented in a series of visual dashboards. Participants will also learn about opportunities for technical assistance to implement the Toolkit in their agency. At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will be able to: - Define the GMO Toolkit including technical and resource requirements for use. - Understand the components of the toolkit and how they work. - Identify technical assistance opportunities to utilize the Toolkit.

In this webinar, subject matter experts explore Medicaid family planning state plan amendments (SPAs) and waivers, focusing on Illinois as a case study.

Training modules detail what it means to be a state trusted contact for ORRP and provide background for state trusted contacts to better prepare for, and respond to, disruptions in access to opioid prescriptions.

Tobacco endgame is a strategy of policy approaches used to phase out all sales of commercial tobacco products, especially cigarettes. While this concept may have been seen as radical in the past, the tobacco endgame movement has gained significant support and momentum over recent years. Panelists Chris Bostic, JD, MS of Action on Smoking & Health, Tim McAfee, MD, MPH of the University of Washington, Delmonte Jefferson of The Center for Black Health & Equity, and Beth Olagues, MPH of the California Department of Public Health explore why states and other jurisdictions should consider endgame policies in their short- or longer-term policy planning, what "tobacco endgame" means, whether endgame policies address health disparities and social determinants of health or exacerbate them, and what opportunities that states and other jurisdictions can pursue to pass endgame policies or set the state to consider such policies in the future.

Learn about the history of Healthy People, the framework for Healthy People 2030, and the target-setting methods for Healthy People 2030 objectives.

Webinar Series: Leveraging Different Sectors to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis According to recent data from CDC, poor mental health symptoms and suicidal ideation are on the rise for high school students. Despite these rising needs for children and adolescents, including those experiencing serious emotional disturbances, research indicates gaps in services. Youth mental health outcomes are deeply rooted in social determinants of health. Traumatic experiences, poor access to services, and lack of connection to community during the COVID-19 pandemic contribute to rising rates of poor mental health outcomes for children and adolescents. With support from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), ASTHO and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) have partnered to develop a four-part series focusing on the role of multiple sectors in addressing comprehensive youth mental health and well-being. website no False

This webinar details the importance of public health messaging, social media, outreach and engagement, and data; provides tips and advice for creating new or updating existing crisis communications plans; and shares information on tools and resources to assist public health leaders and health communicators in combating misinformation and disinformation.

This webinar discusses state and community-level interventions to bridge the digital divide in healthcare and improve access to digital services for marginalized communities. The panel of expert speakers emphasized the importance of providing services to older adult populations that improve digital literacy, while providing support to keep them socially connected by using other older adults as community mentors and guides.

In this ASTHO webinar, learn how state public health agencies can align with state Medicaid agencies to collaboratively advance the goals of the National Ending the HIV Initiative. Featured guests include the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, the Virginia Department of Health Ryan White HIV/AIDs Program (RWHAP)/AIDs Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), and the University of Virginia. Speakers share how they collaborate with one another and fellow stakeholders to remove barriers to accessing HIV treatment. They also look ahead to ending the Public Health Emergency and unwinding Medicaid’s continuous coverage requirements.

In this ASTHO webinar, learn how state public health agencies can align with state Medicaid agencies to collaboratively advance the goals of the National Ending the HIV Initiative. Featured guests include the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, the Virginia Department of Health Ryan White HIV/AIDs Program (RWHAP)/AIDs Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), and the University of Virginia. Speakers share how they collaborate with one another and fellow stakeholders to remove barriers to accessing HIV treatment. They also look ahead to ending the Public Health Emergency and unwinding Medicaid’s continuous coverage requirements.

Webinar attendees learn about the review process, strategies for moving Maternal Mortality Review Committees data to action, and hear an example of how the state of Texas took recommendations and turned them into actions.

Leading Through a Pandemic: Teamwork and Crisis Communication Hear former and current State Health Officers and their Public Information Officers reflect on working together during the COVID-19 pandemic. 1/4 bottom Speakers Lee A. Norman, MD, MHS, MBA: Alum-KS John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH: Alum-WA Jessica Baggett, MPH: Former Public Information Officer (WA) Ashley Jones-Wisner: Former Public Information Officer (KS) Arundi Venkayya: Current Public Information Officer (OH) website yes

Inclusive Communication: A Lunch and Learn Conversation with Susan Laird Susan Laird focuses on the application of the CDC’s Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication including the importance of addressing all people inclusively and respectfully. Watch the Video on Vimeo Speaker Susan K. Laird, DNP, MSN, RN Resources Inclusive Communication: A Lunch and Learn Conversation with Susan Laird (Audio Module) Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication (Podcast) Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication – Making It Stick website yes

Infodemic Management This training covers the process that CDC uses to assess social listening and other data for the State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Reports and how you can adopt a similar process to inform action. Speakers Claire Wardle, PhD Elisabeth Wilhelm, MA Resources Infodemic Management: An Interview with Elisabeth Wilhelm and Claire Wardle (Audio Module) A Limiting Lens: How Vaccine Misinformation Has Influenced Hispanic Conversations Online Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines: Vaccinate with Confidence Center for Climate Change Communication Debunking Handbook Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation from the Office of U.S. Surgeon General Vaccine Misinformation Management Field Guide WHO Infodemic Website website yes

Applied Principles of Strategic Risk and Crisis Communications In this session, participants will learn meaningful ways to engage with communities in their jurisdiction and repair and/or build trust with hard-to-reach populations. Speaker Kellee Waters Resources Applied Principles of Strategic Risk and Crisis Communications: An Interview with Kellee Waters (Audio Module) Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) Website website yes

Each video in this series focuses on a unique topic and features stories from ASTHO’s disability and preparedness specialists in the field. The videos demonstrate how they work to ensure information, testing, and COVID-19 vaccination sites are accessible for people living with disabilities

One Health Webinars The One Health Initiative recognizes the inextricable link between human, animal, and environmental health and seeks to "promote, improve, and defend the health and well-being of all species" through collaboration and cooperation among the different fields. website no

Gillian K. SteelFisher, PhD, MSc shares a meta-analysis of the many COVID-19 vaccine-related public polls and how public health can use this information to guide vaccine messaging. Neetu Abad, PhD, co-lead of the CDC Vaccine Confidence team, discusses behavioral drivers of hesitancy and how CDC uses that knowledge to craft outreach materials.