This webinar explores how AI-powered swarm intelligence can boost public health preparedness through inclusive planning and real-time data sharing.
Syphilis Testing and Prevention Videos Syphilis rates and congenital syphilis are rising, and both public health and health care play a critical role in early detection, treatment, and prevention. Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent transmission of syphilis to the baby and improve health outcomes for all. ASTHO, in collaboration with KFF’s GREATER THAN initiative and CDC’s Division of STD Prevention, provides a call to action to emergency room and urgent care providers on syphilis testing for pregnant patients. Watch the videos now to inform and strengthen your response to syphilis. Three of the videos below include the CDC/Greater Than/ASTHO logos. The other three videos include the Greater Than/ASTHO logos only. Depending on jurisdiction preference, please use the videos that best fit the needs of your agency. article yes
Medicaid 101/201 Webinar This Medicaid 101/201 training, hosted by ASTHO's Medicaid and Health Systems Partnership team, covers the basics of Medicaid, including financing, service delivery, policy levers, and public health partnerships with practical examples. Speakers Alexandra Kearly, MPH: Director, Medicaid and Health Systems Partnerships, ASTHO Madison Hluchan, CAPM, MPH: Assistant Director, Medicaid and Health Systems Partnerships, ASTHO Orobosa Idehen, MPH, Senior Analyst: Medicaid and Health Systems Partnerships, ASTHO article yes
Join ASTHO and Change Lab Solutions for part 2 of 2 of a discussion about rulemaking and how health departments can use regulations to help advance and protect the public’s health.
How State Health Agencies Can Address Gaps in the Policy Review Process article yes
OD2A Webinar: Strategies for Streamlining Business Process Improvement - Recording and Resources website yes
TEFCA Overview and Perspectives From the Field TEFCA Overview and Perspectives From the Field aims to introduce the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) in the context of public health participation in TEFCA-based data exchange. This session features panelists, including ASTHO President Steven Stack (SHO-KY), who discuss how they envision their health agency benefiting from TEFCA and how they are preparing to participate. You will also learn more about the legal and policy considerations around TEFCA. Speakers Alexandra Woodward, DrPH, MPH: Senior Advisor, Public Health Data Modernization & Informatics, ASTHO Steven Stack, MD, MBA: ASTHO President and Commissioner for Public Health for the Commonwealth of Kentucky Kate Goodin, MPH, MS: Director, Surveillance Systems and Informatics Program, Tennessee Department of Health Andy Baker-White, JD, MPH: Senior Director of State Health Policy, ASTHO Susan Bsharah: Associate Director, Health Sector, Guidehouse Resources TEFCA Overview and Perspectives From the Field: Presentation Slides TEFCA Frequently Asked Questions website yes
Infant Mental Health: Community, Caregiver, and State Health Agency Roles website yes
Investing in Public Health Infrastructure: Indiana's Success Story website yes
This webinar focuses on the importance of policy and braiding and layering funding to address and prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It features guest presentations from Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, who will provide an overview on the communication of ACEs and policy, and Safe States Alliance to discuss braiding and layering funding. In addition, CDC will highlight relevant ACEs prevention resources on VetoViolence. Featured Speakers: -Eva Bland, Safe States -Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management, Director of Policy Research at New York University’s Global Center for Implementation Science -Sarah Roby, CDC
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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.