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August 11, 2014
ASTHO Activities, Products, and
Services
ASTHO At-A-Glance
Located in Arlington, VA100 employees and growingProvide on-site and remote technical assistance to
state and territorial health agencies
Program areasCommunity Health and PreventionHealth Systems TransformationPublic Health PracticeScience and Strategy
Executive Director
Chief Public Health Practice
Preparedness
Environmental Health
Immunization & Infectious Diseases
Chief Community Health &
Prevention
Health Improvement
Performance & Quality
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Chief Health Systems Transformation
Health Integration
Informatics
State Health Policy
Administrative Coordinator/Scheduler
Communications
Chief Financial OfficerFinance/Grants
Human Resources
Development
Member Services
Meeting Services
IT & Facilities
Governance
Federal Government Relations
Health Transformation
Chief Science & Strategy
Planning & Evaluation
Research & Evaluation
Survey Research
Workforce Research
Associate Executive Director Chief of Staff
Chief Health Promotion andDisease Prevention
Family & Child Health
2014 May
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Chronic DiseaseTobacco
Chronic DiseaseTobacco
Chronic DiseasePatient Navigators and Community Health Workers
Chronic DiseasePreventing Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse, and Diversion
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Environmental HealthFood safety
Environmental HealthMosquito-borne disease outbreak
Infectious Disease and Immunizations
Integration of Public Health and Primary Care
Infectious Disease and Immunizations
Infectious Disease Infrastructure Communications Toolkit
Infectious Disease and Immunizations
Hepatitis C
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Infectious Disease and Immunizations
Immunization Resource Guide
Infectious Disease and Immunizations
Global Infectious Disease
Maternal and Child HealthHealthy Babies Website
Performance and Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement (QI) Plan Toolkit: Guidance and Resources to Assist State and Territorial Health Agencies in Developing a Quality Improvement Plan
ASTHO Have You Shared Stories
ASTHO’s “Have You Shared” initiative systematically collects and disseminates stories that highlight promising and useful practices and implementation strategies developed by state and territory health agencies
The initiative captures stories from all ASTHO content areas
http://www.astho.org/stories/
ASTHO Have You Shared StoriesStory examples:
Guam Addresses Rising E-Cigarette Use with Leadership from Health Director̶CFacing high levels of e-cigarette use among middle and high school students, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services is working with partners to address the issue on the island
Quality Improvement in Kentucky: Streamlining the Grant Process̶CBy using quality improvement tools to focus on the challenges agency staff faced when applying for grant funding, the Kentucky Department for Public Health was able to standardize and improve the process
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ASTHO Peer Networks
ASTHO provides administrative support for a number of health agency peer networks
Accreditation CoordinatorsChief Financial OfficersDirectors of Public Health PreparednessEmergency Medical Counter MeasuresEnvironmental Health DirectorsHuman Resource DirectorsInformatics DirectorsLegislative LiaisonsSenior Deputies
ASTHO Peer Networks
Accreditation CoordinatorsOpen to state and territorial Accreditation CoordinatorsEnhance knowledge of the PHAB Accreditation processExchange accreditation related resources and engage with colleagues
for the purposes of successfully serving as an accreditation coordinator and leading an accreditation process
ASTHO maintains an online community for this group, featuring:Topic related conversationsResource and document upload/downloadLinks to online toolsCalendar of national level accreditation and QI related events
http://asthoaclc.ning.com/
ASTHO Peer Networks
Chief Financial OfficersExpand the value that S/T CFO’s bring to improving health outcomes
by demonstrating the financial value of public healthAddress challenges related to budget cuts, public health financing, and
fiscal management
PrioritiesCommunication with federal partnersMember networking/sharing best practices
ASTHO Peer Networks
Directors of Public Health PreparednessImproved coordination in planning and response through the
increased application of best practices to show program improvement; aligning programmatic priorities and resources
Improved capabilities in S/T public health preparedness departments by increasing effectiveness of individual directors/departments
ActivitiesConvene monthly conference calls (DPHP and DPHP EC)Coordinate feedback on CDC PHEP and ASPR HPP cooperative
agreement guidance documents, capabilities, and performance measures
Convene the DPHP Annual meeting for the purposes of sharing best practices
ASTHO Peer Networks
Emergency Medical Counter Measures (eMCM) Steering CommitteeEnhanced linkage between state and territorial health departments
and federal agencies, resulting in an increased capacity of health agencies’ to effectively receive, store, stage, and deploy assets from the CDC SNS
ActivitiesConvene monthly conference callsConvene workgroups to explore topics of interest to the eMCM
steering committeeMaintain and update Whole of Community Inclusion website and
activities in conjunction with NACCHO
ASTHO Peer Networks
Environmental Health DirectorsEnhance relationships and communication among states and partnersProvide a forum for discussion of key environmental health issues and
sharing of best practices
PrioritiesSafe food and waterHealthy communitiesClimate and healthEnvironmental health workforceChemical exposures
ASTHO Peer Networks
Human Resource DirectorsShare information on HR trends, workforce development strategies,
and the public health worker shortage
PrioritiesWorkforce development trainingAccreditationOnboarding strategiesSuccession planning
ASTHO Peer Networks
Informatics DirectorsThe Informatics Directors serves as a conduit for collaboration on key
technical public health informatics challenges to identify and create solutions that can be utilized and replicated in health agencies
PrioritiesTechnical and strategic aspects of informatics in health agencies,
such as creating an informatics office and assessing the agency informatics capacity
Feedback from the network has been utilized to inform policy briefs, workforce initiatives, and to gather feedback on state success stories and needs
ASTHO Peer Networks
Legislative LiaisonsResponsible for public health policy development, including advocacy
in their respective legislatures and often responsibility related to health agency regulatory functions
ActivitiesStanding conference calls every six weeksLegislative Liaison Annual MeetingListserv for rapid peer-to-peer technical assistanceEnd-of-session legislative summaryLegislative and regulatory prospectus
ASTHO Peer NetworksSenior Deputies
Provides support and counsel to ASTHO’s members and assists the ASTHO Executive Committee by addressing key operational and cross-cutting programmatic issues of national significance affecting state and territorial health agencies
PrioritiesActively support the ASTHO Board of Directors, standing committees,
and the Presidential ChallengePromote strategies and tools that improve the performance of state
health agenciesServe as the “operational agent” for ASTHO and provide feedback to
OSTLTS on operational issues with guidance from the ASTHO Board of Directors and to provide feedback to the Board on specific issues
Serve as a resource and sounding board to ASTHO in the development of extramural funding opportunities, such as grants and cooperative agreements, and other initiatives
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