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ASTHO Insular Areas Health Officials Summit held in conjunction with the 56th PIHOA Board Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii August 11, 2014 Presented by Katie Sellers, DrPH Provides access to 59 colleagues and agencies Shares best practices in health policy and programs Advocates for our interests at the national level for statebased public health (i.e., Congress, the Administration, our national partners, etc) Strengthen state and territorial public health effectiveness Serve as a collective voice for state and territorial public health Serve as a “go-to” resource Provides valuable opportunities for networking with peers Provide support to state/territorial health officials over their entire life cycle Work towards aligning the governmental public health enterprise across local, state/territorial and federal sectors Help health agencies achieve public health accreditation ASTHO represents states, the District of Columbia, US Territories and Freely Associated States Cooperative agreement with CDC ◦ Increased outreach and engagement with insular areas ◦ Provision of technical assistance ◦ Staff time and modest funds for consultants ◦ July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2018 4 Medicine Public Health • Individual focus • Population focus • Emphasis on diagnosis and treatment, care for the whole patient • Emphasis on prevention, health promotion for the whole community • Interventions focus on medical care • Interventions focus on the environment, human behavior and lifestyle • Address immediate needs of patients • Address major threats to health of populations • Rooted mainly in the private sector • Rooted mainly in the public sector Reference: Fineberg HV. “Public health and medicine.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011. 41(4):S149-S151. Executive Director’s site visit to your agency On‐boarding process and services for new state/territorial health officials ◦ State Health Leadership Initiative; First Days: A Guide for New Health Officials, CDC Orientation Mentoring program Customized technical assistance funds ◦ Mini-grants for professional or organizational development; up to $5000 total ASTHO Hill Day ◦ Washington, DC event to connect state health officials with their congressional representatives ASTHO advocacy materials ◦ Hill Day advocacy papers, action alert talking points, at-home advocacy toolkit Other ASTHO advocacy activities ◦ Interaction with high‐level Administration officials, opportunities to brief and testify before federal policymakers ASTHO policy and position statements ◦ Environmental Public Health Tracking, Health in All Policies, Workforce Development ASTHO legislative and regulatory tracking materials ◦ Legislative prospectus, end of session summary, issue profiles ASTHO legislative alerts ASTHO is in constant contact with federal agencies and the U.S. Congress advocating on behalf of public health priorities Example: Prescription drug misuse programs span many agencies and organizations: CDC, SAMHSA, HRSA, ONDCP, DOD, NIH, NIDA, FDA, and NGA Met with more than 90 Congressional offices during March 2013 as part of ASTHO’s Hill Day activities. 8 Peer network activities ◦ Senior Deputies, Chief Financial Officers Workgroup, Directors of Public Health Preparedness, State Environmental Health Directors, State Legislative Liaisons, Accreditation Coordinator Learning Community, etc. Information on evidence‐based and promising public health programs, policies, and services ◦ ASTHO research publications: white papers, profile reports, case studies, Have You Shared stories ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Executive Director Associate Executive Director Chief of Staff Governance Chief Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Chief Financial Officer Finance/Grants Human Resources Administrative Coordinator/Scheduler Chief Public Health Practice Chief Community Health & Prevention Chief Health Systems Transformation Chief Science & Strategy Preparedness Health Improvement Health Integration Planning & Evaluation Environmental Health Family and Child Health Informatics Research & Evaluation Immunization & Infectious Diseases Performance & Quality State Health Policy Survey Research Health Transformation Workforce Research Federal Government Relations Member Services Communications Development Meeting Services IT & Facilities January 2014 Technical Assistance 24/7 Assistance in response to your request for information or assistance on an issue ◦ Policy, programmatic, management issue of current concern ◦ Through [email protected] or direct contact with staff Emergency Operations Center support to major regional and national emergencies ASTHO plays an important role helping state health agencies coordinate with each other, the federal government, and other parties in times of emergency. H1N1 Gulf oil spill Fukushima Hurricane Sandy Multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis Pacific Dengue Outbreak ASTHO Annual Meeting ASTHO Policy Summit ASTHO Senior Deputy Meeting Programmatic conferences/meetings ◦ Maternal and Child Health, Preparedness, Injury Prevention Learning collaboratives ◦ Million Hearts Bi-weekly all-health official calls State Public Health Weekly newsletter Topics ◦ Congressional funding updates ◦ Funding opportunity announcements ◦ Policy updates ◦ Emergency and outbreak response ◦ Content-area updates and sharing of promising practices ◦ Public health reports ◦ Open discussion on all calls Next call Location Date Time Puerto Rico, USVI Friday, Aug. 25 4:30pm-5:30pm Hawaii Friday, Aug. 25 10:30am-11:30am American Samoa Friday, Aug. 25 9:30am-10:30am Marshall Islands Saturday, Aug 26 8:30am-9:30am Pohnpei, FSM Saturday, Aug 26 7:30am-8:30am Guam, CNMI Saturday, Aug 26 6:30am-7:30am Palau Saturday, Aug 26 5:30am-6:30am Notes recording available Opportunity to network with peers Up-to-date and accurate information provided by ASTHO Policy development and advocacy Knowledgeable and accessible staff Paul Jarris, MD, MBA [email protected] Ramon Bonzon Member Services [email protected] Telephone/On call: 202-371-9090 TA: [email protected] WEB: www.astho.org 17