120: Supporting Public Health Authority

Margret Cooke, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, examines the value of public health authority when responding to a public health emergency; Alison Beam, Pennsylvania's former acting Secretary of Health, says the response forced by COVID-19 has improved services for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities in her state; and Richard Hamburg, Executive Director of the Safe States Alliance, shares the findings of a report that examines the pandemic's impact on injury and prevention violence programs.

ASTHO Health Policy Prospectus: Maintaining Public Health's Legal Authority to Prevent Disease Spread

ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Review Podcast

Safe States Alliance Report: Crisis Amidst COVID-19 – The State of Injury and Violence Prevention in Health Departments and Hospitals