Health & wellness: Educating policymakers

In order to achieve and maintain health and wellness for all Ohioans, HPIO educates state policymakers and the people who influence them by providing concise, comprehensive and easy-to-understand information and analysis on the topic. HPIO is an objective source for unbiased analysis of data, research, and state/federal laws and regulations.

HPIO resources

• Evidence-Based Public Health Reference Guide
• County health data map
• HPIO Presentation: Health Reform & Public Health: Challenges & Opportunities for Local Health Districts (May 2, 2011)
• HPIO Online Glossary of Health Policy Terms
• Impact of Federal Reform on Ohio

Additional resources 

CDC Programs and Intiatives

• CDC Healthy Communities 
• Communities Putting Prevention to Work
• Pioneering Healthier Communities
• REACH U.S. : Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the United States
• Strategic Alliance for Health
• US State and Territorial Health Departments Collaborative for Chronic Diseases
• ACHIEVE: Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental changE

Other Programs

• Federal Government's National Prevention Strategy
• BEACON: Best Evidence in Advancing Child Health in Ohio Now!
• CPCRN: Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network
• Prevention Research Center in St. Louis
• STAAR: State Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations 
  (NOTE: Ohio Participants include the Ohio Department of Insurance and the Ohio Hospital Association)
• Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation
  The Center works to increase the public health impact of programs to prevent obesity, heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases through public health traning, intervention resources, lifestyle assessments, and methods assessments.

Health Assessments

State Health Assessment, Ohio Department of Health
CHANGE: Community Health Assessment and Group Evaluation tools

Ohio Organizations

• Ohio Public Health Association
• Association of Ohio Health Commissioners
• Ohio Department of Health
• Ohio Research Association for Public Health Improvement (RAPHI)
• Governor’s Office of Health Transformation 

Questions?

If you have questions about HPIO's health and wellness work or would like more information, please contact Amy Bush Stevens at 614.224.4950 x308 or astevens@hpio.net.