1. ASTHO Insular Areas Health Officials Summit held in conjunction with the 56 th PIHOA Board Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii August 11, 2014 Presented by Katie Sellers, DrPH

2.  Provides access to 59 colleagues and agencies  Shares best practices in health policy and programs  Advocates for our interests at the national level for state- based public health (i.e., Congress, the Administration, our national partners, etc)

3.  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

4.  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

5. Medicine Individual focus Emphasis on diagnosis and treatment, care for the whole patient Interventions focus on medical care Address immediate needs of patients Rooted mainly in the private sector Public Health Population focus Emphasis on prevention, health promotion for the whole community Interventions focus on the environment, human behavior and lifestyle Address major threats to health of populations Rooted mainly in the public sector Reference: Fineberg HV. “Public health and medicine.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011. 41(4):S149-S151.

6.  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

7.  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

8. 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

9.  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 researchpublications: white papers, profile reports, case studies, Have You Shared stories

10. Executive Director Chief Public Health Practice Chief Public Health Practice Preparedness Environmental Health Environmental Health Immunization & Infectious Diseases Immunization & Infectious Diseases Chief Community Health & Prevention Chief Community Health & Prevention Health Improvement Performance & Quality ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Chief Health Systems Transformation Chief Health Systems Transformation Health Integration Informatics State Health Policy Administrative Coordinator/Scheduler Communications Chief Financial Officer Finance/Grants Chief Financial Officer Finance/Grants Human Resources Development Member Services Meeting Services IT & Facilities Governance Federal Government Relations Health Transformation Chief Science & Strategy Chief Science & Strategy Planning & Evaluation Research & Evaluation Survey Research Workforce Research Associate Executive Director Chief of Staff Chief Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Chief Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Family and Child Health January 2014

11.  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 infocenter@astho.org or direct contact with staff  Emergency Operations Center support to major regional and national emergencies

12. 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

13.  ASTHO Annual Meeting  ASTHO Policy Summit  ASTHO Senior Deputy Meeting  Programmatic conferences/meetings ◦ Maternal and Child Health, Preparedness, Injury Prevention  Learning collaboratives ◦ Million Hearts

14.  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

15.  Next call  Notes recording available LocationDateTime Puerto Rico, USVIFriday, Aug. 254:30pm-5:30pm HawaiiFriday, Aug. 2510:30am-11:30am American SamoaFriday, Aug. 259:30am-10:30am Marshall IslandsSaturday, Aug 268:30am-9:30am Pohnpei, FSMSaturday, Aug 267:30am-8:30am Guam, CNMISaturday, Aug 266:30am-7:30am PalauSaturday, Aug 265:30am-6:30am

16.  Opportunity to network with peers  Up-to-date and accurate information provided by ASTHO  Policy development and advocacy  Knowledgeable and accessible staff

17.  Paul Jarris, MD, MBA pjarris@astho.orgpjarris@astho.org  Ramon Bonzon Member Services rbonzon@astho.org rbonzon@astho.org  Telephone/On call: 202-371-9090  TA: infocenter@astho.orginfocenter@astho.org  WEB: www.astho.org 17