295: Island Policy Working Group

An episode of the Public Health Review Morning Edition podcast, hosted by ASTHO, titled "295: Island Policy Working Group" was published on November 1, 2022 and runs 4 minutes.

November 1, 2022 ·4m · Public Health Review Morning Edition

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Summary

Karl Ensign, ASTHO's Vice President for Territorial Support, discusses the idea behind the Island Areas Workgroup, which is celebrating one year of connecting territories, freely associated states, and federal partners; ASTHO is making the case to include island areas in federal public health data sets; Dr. David Goodman, Team Lead for the Maternal Mortality Prevention Program at the CDC, responds to a new CDC report that says more than 84 percent of pregnancy-related deaths that occurred between 2017 and 2019 were preventable; and Public Health Thank You Day is Monday, November 21st. ASTHO Webpage: Territories and Freely Associated States ASTHO Webpage: Health Equity ASTHO Report: Including Island Areas in Federal Public Health Datasets CDC Webpage: Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 36 US States, 2017–2019 ASTHO Webpage: Be in the Know

Episode Description

Karl Ensign, ASTHO's Vice President for Territorial Support, discusses the idea behind the Island Areas Workgroup, which is celebrating one year of connecting territories, freely associated states, and federal partners; ASTHO is making the case to include island areas in federal public health data sets; Dr. David Goodman, Team Lead for the Maternal Mortality Prevention Program at the CDC, responds to a new CDC report that says more than 84 percent of pregnancy-related deaths that occurred between 2017 and 2019 were preventable; and Public Health Thank You Day is Monday, November 21st.

ASTHO Webpage: Territories and Freely Associated States

ASTHO Webpage: Health Equity

ASTHO Report: Including Island Areas in Federal Public Health Datasets

CDC Webpage: Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 36 US States, 2017–2019

ASTHO Webpage: Be in the Know

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