663: Michigan Wildfire Lessons, Empowering Community Health Workers

Aaron Ferguson, Manager of the Climate and Tracking Unit in the Division of Environmental Health at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, tells us what Michigan leadership learned when they dealt with unprecedented air quality in the state; Karla Granado, Senior Operations Manager with the Travis County Hospital District and a DELPH Scholar, says Community Health Workers need to be empowered to advance health equity; ASTHO has a webinar focused on communicating about disease forecasting; and the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is now available.

Michigan Health and Human Services Webpage: Your Health and Wildfire Smoke

ASTHO Blog Article: Empowering Community Health Workers to Advance Health Equity

ASTHO Webinar: Disease Forecasting Learning Series

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Webpage: 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention