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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of state and territorial jurisdictions that have a health improvement plan — PHI‑04

Status: Getting worse

  
Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
67.8 percent (2022)

Target:
86.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
82.4 percent of state and territorial public health jurisdictions had developed or participated in developing a health improvement plan in 2016

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Increase the proportion of state and territorial jurisdictions that have developed a health improvement plan

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  ASTHO Profile of State and Territorial Public Health (ASTHO Profile), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

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Summary

Public health agencies and their partners use health improvement plans to assess needs, identify priorities, and work together to improve health. State and territorial jurisdictions can collaborate with stakeholders to develop health improvement plans.

Topics:  Public Health Infrastructure, Community

Workgroup: Public Health Infrastructure Workgroup

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