29: Vaccinating Neighborhoods

Haley Burrous, an analyst on ASTHO's preparedness team, explains a positive side effect of Mississippi's in-home vaccination program; Adrienne Williams, a disability specialist working with the Mississippi State Department of Health, talks about the opportunity to expand vaccination efforts in neighborhoods; Dr. Deb Stone, a behavioral scientist and the team lead for the CDC's suicide prevention efforts, discusses tools for ASTHO members who want to improve local suicide prevention programs; and ASTHO releases a blog article explaining how some states are adopting crisis standards of care. ASTHO Brief: Strategies for vaccinating people who are homebased CDC Resource: Preventing suicide - A technical package of policy, programs, and practices ASTHO Blog Article: Scarce medical resources caused by COVID-19 lead to difficult allocation decisions