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Community Health and Prevention Policy Committee

The Committee provides policy direction for ASTHO on broad-based health promotion and prevention initiatives. This includes oversight for the Chronic Disease Prevention, Tobacco Prevention and Control, and Injury Prevention cooperative agreements with the CDC. The Committee also has responsibility for nutrition, physical activity, injury, chronic disease risk reduction, and social environments that promote health.

Lindsay Weaver
Lindsay Weaver
Indiana Department of Health

Chair

Dr. Weaver was named Indiana State Health Commissioner by Governor Eric J. Holcomb on June 1, 2023. She brings to the role a passion for improving the health of Hoosiers through a focus on prevention, data-informed programming, and access to care in all corners of the state.

Justa Encarnacion
Justa Encarnacion
United States Virgin Islands Department of Health

Co-Chair

Sub Committees

Healthy Families Sub-CommitteeHealthy Families Sub-Committee

 The Healthy Families Subcommittee (HFS) guides ASTHO in supporting state efforts to eliminate health inequities and improve optimal health outcomes for all moms and babies. As a subcommittee of ASTHO’s Community Health and Prevention Policy Committee, the HFS’s primary objectives are to 1) Increase birth equity by addressing multi-level system changes and social determinants of health, 2) Improve systems of care impacting maternal and child health and the associated inequities, 3) Increase access to family and maternal health services including prenatal/perinatal care, high-quality reproductive healthcare and the full range of contraception options to promote health and wellbeing across the lifespan. 

Substance Misuse & Addiction Response Taskforce Policy CommitteeSubstance Misuse & Addiction Response Taskforce Policy Committee

The Substance Misuse and Addiction Response Taskforce Subcommittee will function under the auspices of the ASTHO Community Health Prevention Policy Committee and will serve to guide ASTHO to address the prevention, treatment, and overdose prevention of substances. The subcommittee is a mechanism to establish a platform to influence policy or system changes, peer sharing, identification of resources or technical assistance and capacity needs. This includes policy surrounding the decriminalization, legalization, and regulation of marijuana. The subcommittee is guided by the Substance Misuse and Addiction Framework focusing on Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention.