Conducts a number of surveys including the 'Profile Survey' (longitudinal series about state/territorial health agency responsibilities, structure, planning and quality improvement activities, workforce, and more that provides core data for ongoing public health systems research and a source for tracking state public health performance and best practices); 'Health Reform Survey' (conducted to describe the degree and type of state health official involvement in health reform, identify the topics covered by current state health reform efforts, and develop ways in which ASTHO can best support its members in their health reform efforts); 'Budget Cuts Survey', and 'Minority Health Survey' (surveyed state and territorial health agencies on the ways that state and territorial health agencies address racial and ethnic minority health and health disparities). Researchers must apply directly to the agency for access.
