#1VIRGINIA'S Plan For Well-Being State Health Assessment VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH W#2What is the State Health Assessment? Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#3THE 10 ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES To protect and promote the health of all people in all communities Assessment Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health Assess and monitor population health Investigate, diagnose, and address health hazards and root causes The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. To achieve optimal health for all, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems, and services that enable good health and seek to remove obstacles and systemic and structural barriers, such as poverty, racism, gender discrimination, and other forms of oppression, that have resulted in health inequities. Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to achieve good health and well-being. Assurance Improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement Build a diverse and skilled workforce Enable equitable access Source: de Beaumont Foundation VDH.Virginia.gov Equity Communicate effectively to inform and educate Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships Utilize legal and regulatory actions Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws Virginia WellBeing.com Policy Development VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#4Virginia Department of Health STRATEGIC PLAN Mission | To protect the health and promote the well-being of all people in Virginia. Vision | Become the healthiest state in the nation. Core Values | Our culture values service, equity and making data driven decisions. VDH.Virginia.gov Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#5Applying a Health Equity Lens Key Concepts Health Equity Definition/Approach Health equity exists when all people have an equal opportunity to be healthy, especially those who have experienced socioeconomic disadvantage, historical injustice and other avoidable inequalities that are often associated with race, gender, ethnicity, social position, sexual orientation and disability. Applying a "health equity lens" Who we engage How we engage VDH.Virginia.gov What data we consider and how we analyze it How we report the data/report Virginia WellBeing.com VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VDHOFF#6VDH.Virginia.gov State Health Assessment (SHA) Assess the State Implement Communications/ Engagement Plan Conduct Survey, Focus Groups and Klls OOO 1000 Compile and Analyze Existing Assessments/ 7 Collect CHA/CHNA Priorities Identify Data Sources Finalize Idicator List Categorize Indicators L and Create Chapter Templates for VDH Offices Providing Data Identify VDH Program Staff for writing health topic chapters Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#7Populations in Focus LGBTQ Identity • Youth • Veterans • People living with disabilities • Virginians of color Refugee and immigrant population Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#8● . . Qualitative Data Collection Focus Groups (youth, LGBTQ+, nursing mothers, Hispanic youth and Hispanic adults, disabled population) Statewide Survey Key Informant Interviews Photovoice project with youth 13-18 years old VDH.Virginia.gov Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#9Milestones Qualtative Assessments Complete Data Presentations, Discussion and Prioritization Publish SHA, Improvement Strategy Prioritization and Selection Publish and Implement State Health Improvement Plan VDH.Virginia.gov Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#10State Health Improvement Plan • Reviews the results of the State Health . • Assessment Conducts a strategic assessment of the current environment and opportunities Apply criteria to prioritize issues Report and track both the health outcomes and the performance measures related to the priorities VDH.Virginia.gov Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#11Criteria for Selection for State Health Improvement Plan The Advisory Committee will finalize the indicators used in the SHA based on the following criteria: ● Magnitude/seriousness of health issue ● Ability to affect change • Health equity - can we measure disproportionate effect between subpopulations? • Root cause/SDOH - measure SDOH that impact multiple health outcomes ● Quality of the data • • Trend data available? . Comparison data available? VDH.Virginia.gov Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#12Roles and Responsibility of Advisory Committee • Identify opportunities to partner and build on existing efforts in health/other sectors Identify issues and priority populations to determine what should be measured Review data collected and analyzed Prioritize issues for action VDH.Virginia.gov Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH#13Next Steps VDH.Virginia.gov Virginia WellBeing.com VDH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH