233: New CDC Workforce Survey

Dr. Laura Parajon, the Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Health for the New Mexico Department of Health, discusses a new CDC survey of more than 26,000 people working in public health that says public health workers are suffering; Robert Jennings, Executive Director of the National Public Health Information Coalition, tells us about the 2022 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media starting on August 16th; Colorado and Maine participated in an ASTHO and CDC project to build capacity in state suicide and opioid overdose prevention programs; and ASTHO is hiring for several key positions.

CDC Webpage: Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions and Suicidal Ideation Among State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Workers — United States, March 14–25, 2022

NPHIC Webpage: 2022 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media

ASTHO Brief: Successes from the Suicide and Opioid Overdose Prevention Public Health Initiative

ASTHO Webpage: Careers at ASTHO