290: Healthy Aging Policy Trends

An episode of the Public Health Review Morning Edition podcast, hosted by ASTHO, titled "290: Healthy Aging Policy Trends" was published on October 25, 2022 and runs 6 minutes.

October 25, 2022 ·6m · Public Health Review Morning Edition

Summary

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

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