Public Health Standards: Community/State Health Improvement

Community/State Health Improvement Plan Collaborative (CHIP/SHIP)

Through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Multi-State Learning Collaborative (MLC) grant, three local health agencies’ teams were awarded mini grants to partner with the Washington State Department of Health to develop community and state health improvement plans. Awards were given to:

• Grays Harbor County Public Health and Social Services Department

• Kitsap County Health District

• Walla Walla County Health Department

While using the common Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership (MAPP) framework, teams started at different levels of readiness and points in the process. Community and state health improvement planning involves a broad problem identification and prioritization cycle with a focus on building community stakeholder coalitions, monitoring community-level health indicators, and identifying specific health issues as community priorities. The problem identification and prioritization cycle is followed by an analysis and implementation which includes a series of processes and evaluations to gauge the impact of health improvement strategies on priority health issues. The resulting plan is a blueprint for health improvement that outlines a process by which state, local, and community-based partnerships can work together to address the needs of the public.

The goal of the accreditation program is to improve and protect the health of every community by advancing the quality and performance of public health departments.

Collaborative Summary

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Community/State Health Improvement Plans

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