Public Health Review

ASTHO's Public Health Review features health officials and public health leadership who are on the front lines of state and territorial public health. The series capitalizes on current public health issues and delivers timely, thoughtful perspectives on the value of public health through the lens of state/territorial health officials and other subject matter experts.

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13: Advancing Cognitive Well-Being Through the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map

Overview: This episode introduces the new 2018-2023 Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map, which offers strategies for public health agencies to promote cognitive health and support people living with dementia and their caregivers. Co-authors from CDC and the Alzheimer's Association provide details about this initiative and a forthcoming companion guide for Indian Country. Jewel Mullen, former president of ASTHO, explains how state and territorial health departments can advance healthy aging efforts...

Oct 31, 2018•34 min

12: Preventing Childhood Obesity Through Healthy Communities

This episode highlights the nation's childhood obesity epidemic and discusses ways to reduce climbing obesity rates by increasing access to healthy foods and promoting physical activity through community planning and changes to the built environment. Tennessee shares how policies and programs at the local level are working to combat obesity, and CDC examines the landscape of childhood obesity research in America and describes the Active People, Healthy Nation initiative designed to help 27 milli...

Oct 17, 2018•29 min

11: Building Healthy and Resilient Communities Across America

This episode highlights ASTHO's President's Challenge, "Building Health and Resilient Communities," which is a multi-year campaign that calls on state, territorial, local, and tribal health officials to align strategic investments and promote community-driven, place-based solutions to empower communities to be as healthy as possible, reduce health disparities, and stimulate economic development. The challenge is aligned with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) a...

Sep 27, 2018•39 min

10: Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention

This episode explores the rise of suicide rates across the United States and the need for a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention. Propelled by the recent CDC Vital Signs report on state suicide rates, the episode features a federal overview of the current landscape, Colorado's comprehensive suicide prevention strategy, and Utah's use of technology to improve crisis responses. Guests: Deborah Stone, ScD, MSW, MPH, Behavioral Scientist, Division of Violence Prevention, Nation...

Aug 23, 2018•39 min

9: Medicaid and the Social Determinants of Health

Medicaid is a publicly-funded health insurance program that currently covers 74 million people in the US. Medicaid covers low-income people who are children, expectant mothers, people with disabilities, senior citizens, and some adults. Opportunities exist through Medicaid to address the social determinants of health through a variety of vehicles. ASTHO's senior director for clinical to community connections in the Center for Population Health Strategies, and a former Medicaid Director, discusse...

Jul 26, 2018•24 min

8: Policy Approaches to Containing Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat in the United States and containing its spread through action when even a single case of an antimicrobial resistant bacteria is identified is a priority public health strategy. In this episode, we will hear national and state perspectives on the prevention and containment of unusually resistant bacteria. The co-author of the April 2018 CDC Vital Signs report on containing unusual resistance provides an overview of the CDC strategy and Nebraska state h...

Jun 21, 2018•34 min

7: Making the Case for Early Childhood Brain Development

Healthy brain development in early childhood is the foundation for lifelong learning and optimal physical and behavioral health. This podcast traces early brain development science and practice, from cutting-edge research to implications for population health and implementation at the state level. In this episode, Ami Klin discusses early detection of developmental disabilities as a strategy to improve access to early care and treatment. John Wiesman shares Washington state's success story in su...

May 31, 2018•32 min

6: Telehealth Expands to Frontier Country

Telehealth plays a unique role in addressing access to care issues in rural and remote areas. This podcast explores successful programs developed by the Eastern Aleutian Tribes and Alaska Department of Health and Human Services that serve both residents and migrant workers out of eight remote access clinics. In this episode, Marcus Plescia discusses how to apply telehealth strategies to existing health department activities to improve health outcomes, and Susan Highley Bailey, Janice Gray, and T...

May 10, 2018•31 min

5: Chief Health Strategists: How Public Health Leaders Can Be Successful Working Across the Health Landscape (Part 2)

This podcast, the second in a two-part series, continues to explore the concept of "Chief Health Strategist" as a way to address the most pressing public health issues and advance population health activities. This discussion continues the conversation on moving from concept into practice, as well as how to apply ASTHO's three pillars for population health improvement to support clinical to community connections, improve health equity and the social determinants of health, and utilize public hea...

Apr 26, 2018•25 min

4: Chief Health Strategists: How Public Health Leaders Can Be Successful Working Across the Health Landscape (Part 1)

The concept of "Chief Health Strategist" allows public health leaders to serve as a chief architect across their jurisdiction and align health systems transformation and population health activities. Chief health strategists ensure that population health activities are targeting community health needs and build effective working relationships with healthcare partners and other sectors that affect the social determinants of health. This podcast is the first in a two-part series, and it will explo...

Apr 26, 2018•31 min

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