Public Health Review Morning Edition 983: Accessible Public Health Data; Disaster Preparedness
Former ASTHO President Dr. Anne Zink, Senior Clinical Fellow at Yale University and practicing emergency medicine physician, shares how PopHIVE, a database of de-identified, population-level health data, draws data from various sources, allowing public health providers to find patterns and make informed decisions; Nicholas Porter, Director for Environmental Health at ASTHO, discusses the public health threats that exist during floods and hurricanes, and what some states are doing to protect communities; ASTHO’s Wildfire and Wildfire Smoke Guidance and Resources can help jurisdictions strengthen their emergency preparedness; and ASTHOs latest legislative alert
ASTHO Blog: Responding to Environmental Health Threats Following Hurricanes
ASTHO Web Page: Wildfire and Wildfire Smoke Guidance and Resources