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Discover the latest on the health of your county. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps just updated and added new data and resources to improve health as a part of their 2024 Annual Data Release. Read more.
In the wake of COVID-19, several opportunities for improvements to national data collection have come to light — especially in race and ethnicity data. Achieving equitable representation in public health data collection is possible and needs consistent effort and advocacy. Improving collection practices, diversifying the public health informatics workforce, and increasing representation in vaccination records are ways public health leaders can begin reducing intrinsic bias. Read more.
Health Affairs recently published the article, “What’s Next for Public Health?” In their new Forefront article, Michael Yudell and Joseph J. Amon of the ASU College of Health Solutions and the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University argue that, as the field of public health tries to regain its footing, those in public health must ask themselves: What’s next for our field? What are our priorities? And, perhaps most important, do those priorities meet the most pressing needs of the public? Read more.
In 2023, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) continued its mission to advance and transform public health practice by championing performance improvement, strong infrastructure, and innovation. Through tools and resources, our national accreditation program, implementation of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG), and other strategic initiatives. Read more.
As part of ASTHO’s capacity building and technical assistance portfolio, the Chief Medical Officer and programmatic teams created evidence-based technical packages. ASTHO’s technical packages bring together interventions that work in concert to more effectively impact public health challenges than they would as isolated approaches. These technical packages align with ASTHO’s strategic priorities, covering some of the most important and trending topics and challenges in public health today. The recommended strategies in these packages integrate public health and medical practices rooted in peer-reviewed science and evidence, creating a stronger foundation for public health practice. Health agencies can use these accessible recommendations to inform their own community health interventions. Read more.
explore public health data
View maps from the annual State Formula Survey of health departments from the list below.
- Services
- Staff-sized and full-time equivalents
- CHA/CHNA Priorities
- CHIP Priorities
- Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)
- Electronic Health Record (EHR)
- KIPHS
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