Public Health Review Morning Edition

Margret Cooke, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, says the CDC has selected her state to develop one of five Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence in the country; there are new and updated Women's Prevention Services Initiative recommendations created by The Health Resources and Services Administration; and Heather Sebero, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses how public health policy can benefit from good storytelling. Massachusetts Department of Public Health Webpage: Massachusetts to establish New England Pathogen Genomics Center of Excellence ASTHO Blog Article: Understanding the Updated Women's Preventive Services Guidelines

Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, discusses the state's new Facing Suicide VT campaign, which focuses on encouraging people to discuss the issue of suicide; ASTHO is working with states and territories to highlight the importance of partnering with the autism community on emergency preparedness; there is still time to get a seat in this afternoon's Insight and Inspiration event; and ASTHO is hiring to fill several positions. Facing Suicide VT Webpage Health Vermont News Release: Vermont Launches Initiative to Reduce Rising Number of Suicides ASTHO Blog Article: Partnering with the Autism Community on Inclusive Emergency Preparedness Insight and Inspiration Webpage Careers at ASTHO Webpage ASTHO Webpage: Be in the Know

Claire Pendergrast, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Health Improvement and Healthy Aging, discusses a survey of healthy aging policy actions enacted across the states and territories; Dr. LeQuandra Nesbitt, former Director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, considers the relationship between social sciences and decision making in a recent panel hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine while Dr. Erica Pan, California State Epidemiologist, explains how Stanford helped her state study real-time connections between COVID-19 policies and their impact on case rates; the National Academy of Medicine welcomes ASTHO alum Dr. Rachel Levine to its ranks; and ASTHO's Insight and Inspiration event is Wednesday afternoon, but you can still sign up. ASTHO Blog Article: States Using Policy to Reduce Dementia's Disease and Fiscal Impact ASTHO Webpage: Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) Road Map Module CDC Webpage: National Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map Series ASTHO Webpage: Homepage The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Webpage: Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN): Fall 2022 Symposium National Academy of Medicine Webpage: National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members ASTHO Webpage: Insight and Inspiration – Conversations for Public Health Leaders

Dr. Carlton Thomas, a gastroenterologist in San Diego, discusses a recent CDC report on monkeypox which he says is an argument in favor of communicating on mobile apps and other platforms that are familiar to people in at-risk communities; Kyle Gasaway, ASTHO Analyst for Leadership Development, explains how a Simon Sinek master trainer will help you discover the why to your public health work; ASTHO has a tip sheet that could help implement an equity-centered approach to the RFP process; and learn how to tell better success stories in a webinar set for Tuesday, October 25th. CDC Webpage: Monkeypox Signs and Symptoms ASTHO Brief: Incorporating Health in All Policies: Tips for Grantmakers ASTHO Webpage: Insight and Inspiration: Conversations for Public Health Leaders ASTHO Webpage: Telling Effective Success Stories

In a special episode of the newscast, Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, explains the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decision earlier this week. The committee voted Thursday to add pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to the CDC's immunization schedule for children. ASTHO News Release: Statement from ASTHO on COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations

Dawn Skaggs, Emergency, Disaster, and Climate Resilience Specialist for the World Institute on Disability, promotes a new Public Health Emergency Planning Toolkit to help agencies better serve people living with disabilities during emergencies; Lillie Seals, Director of Practice Transformation at the National Community Action Partnership, says members of the Partnering for Vaccine Equity Project had a productive meeting recently; Alaska, New Mexico, and Montana are working to deliver better perinatal care to people in American Indian and Alaskan Native communities; and there is less than a week to sign up for ASTHO's Insight and Inspiration event planned for next Wednesday, October 26th. ASTHO Report: Public Health Emergency Planning Toolkit ASTHO Blog Article: Partnering with Community Action Agencies Can Improve Trust in Vaccines ASTHO News Release: New ASTHO Program Aims to Increase Equity in Adult Immunization ASTHO Brief: Strengthening Risk-Appropriate Care in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities ASTHO Webpage: Insight and Inspiration: Conversations for Public Health Leaders

Margaret Jaco Manecke, the Director of Practice Improvement at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, is looking for public health professionals to join the Council's next annual learning community; an ASTHO work group recommends improvements to national guidelines governing cancer cluster investigations; Geetika Nadkarni, ASTHO's Director of Chronic Infectious Disease, provides an update on members of the Partnering for Vaccine Equity Project meeting recently to review their progress; and state and territorial Directors of Public Health Preparedness are meeting in Nashville this week to discuss disability inclusion, the strategic national stockpile and managing service disruptions. Behavioral Training Health Institute Webpage Behavioral Health Training Institute for Health Officials Request for Applications Webpage ASTHO Blog Article: Partnering with Community Action Agencies Can Improve Trust in Vaccines ASTHO News Release: New ASTHO Program Aims to Increase Equity in Adult Immunization ASTHO Brief: Recommendations for Updating CDC/CSTE Cancer Cluster Investigation Guidelines

Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO's Senior Director of Government Affairs, says oversight of COVID-19 spending might increase if midterm elections lead to change in U.S. House leadership ; Heidi Westermann, ASTHO's Director of Public Health Systems and Planning, says two new training modules are available to help ASTHO members learn to visualize data and incorporate quality improvement in their planning processes; a team effort in the U.S. Virgin Islands is helping leaders improve the way they manage important federal grant funding; and an ASTHO blog article from three scholars enrolled in ASTHO's Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program looks at building a culture of belonging through leadership. ASTHO Blog Article: Midterm Elections: Predictions on Congressional Priorities for Upcoming Session ASTHO Webpage: Data Visualization for Performance Improvement Learning Series ASTHO Webpage: Quality Improvement Learning Series ASTHO Blog Article: How the U.S. Virgin Islands is Improving Federal Grants Management ASTHO Blog Article: Building a Culture of Belonging Through Leadership

Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO's Director of Workforce Development discusses the debut of ASTHO's new public health jobs website, publichealthcareers.org; an ASTHO blog article assesses Tennessee's progress on Opioid Use Disorder throughout its maternal and child health population; there is a little more than a week left to sign up for ASTHO's Insight and Inspiration event on October 26th; and ASTHO outlines accessible communication strategies in a blog article. Public Health Careers Webpage ASTHO Webpage: Job Posting ASTHO Blog Article: Tennessee's Successes Combatting Opioid Use Disorder: A Q&A with Elizabeth Harvey ASTHO Webinar: Insight and Inspiration: Conversations for Public Health Leaders ASTHO Blog Article: Embedded: COVID-19 Vaccination and the d/Deaf Community

Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, is joined by local public health directors to discuss public interest in the new COVID-19 booster; ASTHO is working with the National Community Action Partnership and five Community Action Agencies in the Partnering for Vaccine Equity project; Dr. Reem M. Ghandour, Director, Division of Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration, talks about the new National Survey of Children's Health that is now online; and Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, is one of the Hartford Business Journal's 2022 Power 25 Health Care honorees. Big Cities Health Coalition Webpage ASTHO Blog Article: Partnering with Community Action Agencies Can Improve Trust in Vaccines Health Resources and Services Administration Webpage: National Survey of Children's Health Hartford Business Journal Article: 2022 Power 25 Health Care: Dr. Manisha Juthani