Public Health Review Morning Edition

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the challenges posed by the monkeypox outbreak and admits the evolving strategy can be tough to communicate; Devon Page, an ASTHO Government Affairs Analyst, breaks down Congressional actions impacting public health, including the question of more funding for Monkeypox; Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott, joined the ASTHO team as a Senior Executive Consultant in part to be a helpful voice on health equity issues for her colleagues around the states and territories; and some of the most familiar voices in public health are now available to speak at your next event as part of ASTHO's Speaker's Bureau. ASTHO News Release: Statement from ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH on Monkeypox Outbreak in U.S. ASTHO Blog Article: A Not-So-Sleepy Summer: Q&A with ASTHO Federal Government Affairs ASTHO Legislative Alert: Congressional Summer Wrap-Up ASTHO News Release: Former Rhode Island Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, Joins ASTHO as Senior Executive Consultant ASTHO Webpage: Speakers Bureau

Winfred Rawls, ASTHO's Director for Preparedness and Evaluation, explains a project that will lead to the development of a clearinghouse with information to help public health agencies get ready for the next crisis; Andrea Flinchum, State HAI Prevention Program Manager with the Kentucky Department for Public Health, discusses dialysis getting new attention from a coalition working to make the treatment safer for patients; an ASTHO brief outlines several areas where inequities in reproductive health services still exist; and public health leaders can assess and improve their leadership skills with the DiSC Personality Assessment. ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Innovations Catalog CDC Webpage: Making Dialysis Safer For Patients Coalition ASTHO Brief: Reproductive Health Services Expanded During Pandemic but Inequities Persist ASTHO Blog Article: How the DiSC Personality Assessment Can Strengthen Public Health Leadership

Dr. James McDonald, Medical Director in the Office of Public Health for the New York State Department of Health, says the monkeypox response in New York follows the data and social determinants; a new ASTHO report about mosquitos highlights the work U.S. territories and freely associated states face as they attempt to control them and the diseases they carry; Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott, ASTHO's Senior Executive Consultant, talks about her new role; ASTHO reports on legislative actions aimed at making sure kids get at least one healthy meal each day; and ASTHO has job openings in several areas of the organization. ASTHO Report: Public Health Confronts the Mosquito: Special Considerations for United States Territories and Freely Associated States ASTHO Blog Article: States Serving Up Healthy Eating Policies ASTHO Webpage: Careers at ASTHO

Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, discusses the state's plan to help schools deal with COVID-19 this fall and how it is different than past years; the CDC has a website for back-to-school public health information; Aashna Panjwani, ASTHO's Analyst for Social and Behavioral Health, says a recent survey of 66 jurisdictions shows how they're working to include health equity considerations into overdose surveillance and prevention efforts; and it was a year ago tomorrow that we produced our first episode of this newscast. Fox 61 News Article: State announces COVID back-to-school guidelines, relaxes protocols for 2022-2023 school year CDC Webpage: Back to School – Parent Involvement is Key CDC Webpage: DOSE Dashboard: Nonfatal Overdose Data CDC Webpage: SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Overdose Data CDC Webpage: Drug Overdose Deaths Rise, Disparities Widen Differences Grew by Race, Ethnicity, and Other Factors

Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO's Director of Workforce Development, says the PH WINS survey shows many public health workers remain committed to their work despite the way they've been treated during the pandemic; Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, wants elected leaders to put the PH WINS findings into action; the results of a survey asking public health agencies to report their ability to respond to climate change and extreme weather events are available now; and there's still time to offer comments about a new road map for the Healthy Brain Initiative scheduled to come out later this year. ASTHO Press Release: The Public Health Workforce in the COVID-19 Era: Survey Results Characterize their Work, Needs, Roles, and Satisfaction de Beaumont Foundation Webpage: 2021 Findings ASTHO Brief: Climate and Health Capacity Survey – 10 Key Takeaways ASTHO Report: Climate and Health Capacity Survey Alzheimer's Association Webpage: Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map

Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of Trust for America's Health, discusses the organization's latest report addressing the impact of chronic underfunding on the nation's public health system; Illinois, Tennessee, New Jersey, and others are thinking of ways to use COVID-19 relief funding to help those living with disabilities; Dr. Denise Johnson, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, reflects on hundreds of public health professionals learning more about health equity at an ASTHO summit held online last month; and ASTHO has a new speaker's bureau ready to help you find a speaker for your next public health event. Trust for America's Health Webpage: The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America's Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2022 ASTHO Blog Post: States Leverage COVID-19 Relief Funding to Improve Accessibility for People Living With Disabilities ASTHO Health Equity Summit Webpage ASTHO Webpage: Speakers Bureau

Dr. Brian Castrucci, de Beaumont Foundation President and CEO, discusses the concerning results of the latest PH WINS Survey of nearly 45,000 public health workers across the nation; ASTHO is teaming with the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs to educate public health professionals about the 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline and the Help-4-Moms hotline in a webinar on August 17th; the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center's Crisis Hotline has experienced high call volumes since the start of the pandemic; and ASTHO and the New York University School of Global Public Health have created a new resource for teams working to prevent adverse childhood experiences. de Beaumont Foundation Webpage: New Data and Dashboards – PH WINS Survey of Public Health Workers de Beaumont Foundation Webpage: 2021 Findings Webinar Registration: Making the Call for MCH: Exploring the Maternal Mental Health Hotline and the 988 Crisis Lifeline U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Press Release: HHS Launches New Maternal Mental Health Hotline ASTHO Blog Post: Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center: A Pandemic Lifeline ASTHO Report: State/Territorial Policy Considerations for Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences

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

Dr. Elizabeth Tilson, North Carolina's State Health Director, discusses vaccine uptake among children and why she believes North Carolina has been able to have one of the highest rates in the southeast; Julia Greenspan, ASTHO's Director of Infectious Disease Infrastructure and Policy, details why she is concerned about ever-increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections across the U.S.; Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott, the former Rhode Island Health Director, has joined ASTHO as a Senior Executive Consultant; and ASTHO celebrates the final month of summer 2022 with a reading list of fiction and non-fiction titles. ASTHO Webpage: STD Roadmap: What you need to know about your STD program ASTHO Blog Post: STDs Rising Nationally, CDC Says ASTHO Webpage: Innovative STD Prevention and Treatment Strategies ASTHO News Release: Former Rhode Island Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, Joins ASTHO as Senior Executive Consultant ASTHO Blog Post: 2022 ASTHO Summer Reading List

Chris Taylor, Director of Infectious Disease Outbreak Response & Recovery at ASTHO, reflects on the Monkeypox outbreak now in its third month here in the United States; Robert Jennings, Executive Director of the National Public Health Information Coalition, discusses an upcoming meeting of public health communicators in Atlanta later this month; ASTHO posts a blog article that makes the case for having a personal brand; and Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President, takes questions about ego, waffles, and political ambitions in an article published in Down East. NPHIC Webpage: 2022 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media ASTHO Blog Article: Taking Time to Develop Professional Branding as a Public Health Leader Down East Magazine Article: Nirav Shah Is Ambivalent About His Celebrity (and Uncommonly Curious and Deliberate About Everything Else)