644: Stigma Slows STI Response, Training Climate Ambassadors

An episode of the Public Health Review Morning Edition podcast, hosted by ASTHO, titled "644: Stigma Slows STI Response, Training Climate Ambassadors" was published on April 16, 2024 and runs 4 minutes.

April 16, 2024 ·4m · Public Health Review Morning Edition

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Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer for the Alaska Department of Health and ASTHO Immediate Past President, tells us stigma is to blame for slowing progress on sexually transmitted infections; Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health and an ASTHO Member, says the pandemic diverted people and resources away from STI work; Shelbi Davis, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Environmental Health, describes a new ASTHO training program to help your staff learn how to address the impacts of climate change in your communities; and ASTHO has plans for a webinar to discuss the definition of disability. ASTHO Report: Policy Considerations for Reducing Congenital Syphilis CDC Webpage: STI Awareness Week The Hill News Article: US sees record syphilis cases as funding cuts threaten to worsen epidemic ASTHO Webpage: Climate for Health Ambassadors Training ASTHO Webinar: Defining Disability for Syndromic Surveillance – Data to Action

Episode Description

Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer for the Alaska Department of Health and ASTHO Immediate Past President, tells us stigma is to blame for slowing progress on sexually transmitted infections; Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health and an ASTHO Member, says the pandemic diverted people and resources away from STI work; Shelbi Davis, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Environmental Health, describes a new ASTHO training program to help your staff learn how to address the impacts of climate change in your communities; and ASTHO has plans for a webinar to discuss the definition of disability.

ASTHO Report: Policy Considerations for Reducing Congenital Syphilis

CDC Webpage: STI Awareness Week

The Hill News Article: US sees record syphilis cases as funding cuts threaten to worsen epidemic

ASTHO Webpage: Climate for Health Ambassadors Training

ASTHO Webinar: Defining Disability for Syndromic Surveillance – Data to Action

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