Technology
In this episode, host David Speiser, Ph.D., executive vice president at ICF, and Nicola Dawkins-Lyn, Ph.D., MPH, a behavioral scientist at ICF, speak to Dr. Marcus Plescia, the chief medical officer at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), a national nonprofit organization that tracks, evaluates, and advises public health professionals across the U.S. and its territories to provide guidance and technical assistance.The conversation covers topics such as:What state and territorial public health departments can do to influence social determinants of health.The connections between state departments of health and other state government agencies.What the public health enterprise can do to unite the country around better public health outcomes.The difference, from a state public health leader’s perspective, between working in centralized and decentralized public health systems.