Transcript Healthy People are the Foundation of our Thriving Community Community Health Improvement Planning for Austin/Travis County February 21, 2012 Public Health and Human Services Subcommittee Presented.

Healthy People are the Foundation of our Thriving Community
Community Health
Improvement Planning for
Austin/Travis County
February 21, 2012
Public Health and Human Services Subcommittee
Presented by:
Austin/Travis County HHSD
Shannon Jones, Deputy Director
Carlos Rivera, Director
Vision and Mission
Vision:
Mission:
Healthy People are the Foundation
of our Thriving Community.
Our community works together to
create a healthy and sustainable
Travis County.
What are CHAs and CHIPs?
Community Health Assessment (CHA):
1. Informs community decision-making
2. Prioritizes health problems, and
3. Assists in development and implementation of community
health improvement plans.
Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP):
1. Based on CHA Findings
2. Action-Oriented
3. Addresses issues, including strategies and measures
Source: NACCHO
Why Do a CHA and CHIP?
 Engage community members on health issues
 Collaborate with partners, meet new partners
 Helps to understand health disparities in communities
 Enables leaders to establish health priorities based on
community needs
 Satisfies requirements (grants; non-profit hospitals; HHSD
accreditation)
 Strengthens viability to successfully compete for funding
opportunities
 Integrated Planning
Health Impact Pyramid
Factors that Affect Health
Examples
Smallest
Impact
Counseling
& Education
Clinical
Interventions
Long-lasting
Protective Interventions
Changing the Context
Largest
Impact
to make individuals’ default
decisions healthy
Socioeconomic Factors
Eat healthy, be
physically active
Rx for high blood
pressure, high
cholesterol, diabetes
Immunizations, brief
intervention, cessation
treatment, colonoscopy
Fluoridation, 0g trans
fat, iodization, smokefree laws, tobacco tax
Poverty, education,
housing, inequality
Source: Frieden, Thomas R. A Framework for Public Health Action: The Health Impact Pyramid. American Journal of Public Health. April
2010, Vol. 100, no. 4., pp. 590-595.
Working Together Model
Assess Needs
& Resources
Evaluate
Efforts
Grantmakers
Implement
Strategies
Public Health
Business
Community
Government
Healthcare
Pick
Priorities
Education
Find Programs &
Policies That Work
Source: University of Wisconsin
Population Health Institute.
County Health Rankings 2011.
Accessible at
www.countyhealthrankings.org.
Community Health Planning Committee Structure
Austin / Travis County
Logistics
Data /
Research
Austin /
Travis County
Community
Engagement
CHA CHIP
Steering
Coordinating
Engagement and Action
Health begins where we live, learn, work and play.
I.
II.
Partners / Stakeholders
Community
Activity
CHA
CHIP
Precinct/District Forums
Feb – May 2012
June – Sept 2012
Key Informant Interviews
Focus Groups
March – April 2012 Work Groups:
July - Oct 2012
April 2012
Report
June 2012
December 2012
Dissemination
July – Aug 2012
Dec 2012 to Feb 2013
2012 Community Forum Locations
JONESTOWN
PFLUGERVILLE
Lake
Travis
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Precinct 3
MANOR
REAGAN
Decker
Lake
Austin HS
OAK HILL
DOVE SPRINGS
Reagan HS – Feb 23rd
DEL VALLE
Del Valle ISD Opportunity Center – March 22
Manor New Tech HS – April 26
Austin HS – May 24
Pflugerville – June 28
Oak Hill – July 26
Jonestown – August 23
Dove Springs – September 27
Precinct 4
Who are We and What is Public Health?
Link to HHSD Video
Address: http://youtu.be/R4MycXvKILk
Questions
Thank you!