Public Health Review Morning Edition ASTHO

Corey Davis, Director of the Harm Reduction Legal Project at the Network for Public Health Law,  discusses the challenges of improving naloxone distribution; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, tells us about her team’s advocacy efforts as fiscal year 2025 appropriations advocacy gets underway; and the CDC has a warning about the dangers of some botox injections.
ASTHO Webpage: ASTHO’s Public Health Legal Mapping Center
ASTHO Blog Article: The Fentanyl Crisis Requires Ongoing and Strategic Federal Action
CDC Webpage: Adverse Effects Linked to Counterfeit or Mishandled Botulinum Toxin Injections
ASTHO Webpage: Legislative Alerts
 

Corinne Gillenwater, ASTHO Chronic Disease and Health Improvement Analyst, talks about an ASTHO toolkit that uses the Healthy People 2030 framework to help build partnerships; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, says today’s Avian Flu Symposium is all about preparing; Tamira Moon, ASTHO Director of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, tells us about the Power of Partnerships Health Equity Alliance; and an ASTHO webinar will discuss workforce challenges and opportunities as part of their Disease Forecasting Learning Series.
ASTHO Webpage: Leveraging Healthy People 2030 to Build Non-Traditional Multisector Partnerships
ASTHO Webpage: Building Non-Traditional Public Health Multisector Partnerships
ASTHO Webinar: HPAI Scientific Symposium
ASTHO News Release: ASTHO Announces Alliance Designed to Weave Health Equity into Emergency Response
ASTHO Webinar: Disease Forecasting Learning Series
 

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, previews a national symposium on avian flu; Jack McClure, a Public Health Consultant with the Association of Immunization Managers, helps us understand how to reach younger people interested in public health careers; Dr. Nayda Roman, Director of the Commission on Suicide Prevention at the Puerto Rico Department of Health, discusses new federal grants that give Puerto Rico the money it needs to do more suicide prevention work; and an ASTHO blog article has us thinking again about the health connections between animals, humans, and the environment.
Avian Flu Symposium Webpage
ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Workforce
ASTHO Webpage: Closing the Distance in Puerto Rico
ASTHO Blog Article: Tackling Climate Change Using the One Health Approach
 

Dia Gainor, Executive Director of the National Association of State EMS Officials, worries about challenges facing local jurisdictions working to provide EMS services; ASTHO invites listeners to join a national online symposium this Thursday to learn about the latest with avian influenza; Mike Cisneros, a data storyteller from the organization Storytelling with Data says stories often get left behind because we focus too much on data analysis and not enough on how to present the data to audiences; Brianna Scott, MPH, a Healthcare Associated Infections Epidemiologist with the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, writes in a new ASTHO blog article that superbugs can be defeated with a health equity approach.
News Article: Route Fifty - Emergency Alert - States confront EMS shortages
ASTHO Event: HPAI Scientific Symposium registration page
ASTHO Profile Data Dashboard
Webpage: Mike Cisneros, Storytelling with Data
ASTHO Blog Article: Beating Superbugs Together with a Health Equity Approach
 
 

Kathy Jo Robbins, One Health Treatment Program Administrator, Delaware Division of Public Health, explains her state's One Health approach and how EpiChats have helped educate audiences; Massimo Pacilli, Deputy Commissioner, Disease Control Bureau, Chicago Department of Public Health, and Dr. Raynard Washington, Director of the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department in Charlotte, NC, discuss their response to avian flu cases during an online news conference hosted by the Big Cities Health Coalition; Catherine Murphy, an ASTHO Government Affairs analyst, says the organization's latest appropriations book is timed to inform the congressional appropriations process; and there's still time to register to attend today's training session centered on risk and protective factors associated with adverse childhood experiences.
ASTHO Public Health Review Podcast: One Health - The Shared Future of People, Animals, and the Planet
Webpage: Delaware Division of Public Health
ASTHO Blog Article: What to Expect from FY25 Appropriations 
ASTHO Resource: FY25 Governmental Public Health Appropriations Book
ASTHO Webinar: Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences - Virtual 101 Training

Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, reflects on the policy factors that impact public health; Massimo Pacilli, Deputy Commissioner of the Disease Control Bureau with the Chicago Department of Public Health, tells us teams are working to immunize people staying in shelters around the city as a measles outbreak occurs in Chicago; Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director for the Big Cities Health Coalition, adds that the situation in Chicago is why public health needs flexible funding; and Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, delves into how DEI supports effective public health leadership.
HHS Webpage: Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience
Big Cities Health Coalition Webpage: Big city health leaders urge vaccination amid another measles outbreak
Chicago Department of Public Health Webpage: Get the Facts – Measles
ASTHO Blog Article: Breaking The Mold – How DEI Builds Successful Public Health Leaders
ASTHO Webpage: Stay Informed