A previous column presented the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials' (ASTHO's) overarching health equity technical package, which is a resource describing priority interventions for implementation within state health departments and by extension territorial, rural, and local health departments. 1 This column furthers the specification of a technical package developed for ASTHO's engagement with island jurisdictions, necessitated by important cultural and contextual nuances and differences, including both strengths and challenges. This technical package, along with other frameworks and logic models ASTHO is developing, will help ensure our engagement with island jurisdictions is of the highest quality and relevance, aimed at successfully impacting health outcomes. Island Representation Within ASTHO's MembershipASTHO is the only national nonprofit organization representing the nation's 59 chief health officials, the agencies they lead, and the more than 100 000 public health professionals these agencies employ. 2 ASTHO members formulate and influence sound public health policy and ensure excellence in state-and island-based public health practice. ASTHO's mission is to support, equip, and advocate for state and territorial health officials in their work of advancing the public's
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