Community Health Improvement Process & Plans (CHIPPs)
An overview of the process
Since 1993, Wisconsin statutes have required communities throughout Wisconsin
to develop and implement local health plans to address health conditions impacting
their residents. This process has been referred to as the
"Community Health Improvement Process" (CHIP), named in part,
due to the resulting health status changes in a community and the people
that live there.
Local health departments are required by Wisconsin Statute Chapter
251.05 to: (Exit DHS)
(a) Regularly and
systematically collect, assemble, analyze and make available
information on the health of the community, including statistics on
health status, community health needs and epidemiologic and other
studies of health problems.
(b) Develop public health
policies and procedures for the community.
(c) Involve key
policymakers and the general public in determining and developing a
community health improvement plan that includes actions to implement
the services and functions specified under s. 250.03(1)(L).
(d) Submit data, as
requested, to the local public health data system established by the
department.
Additional requirements in
community health assessments and planning are found in Department of
Health and Family Services Administrative Rule Chapter HFS 140.04.
(Exit DHS)
A tool some have found helpful is the Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 (HW2010)
health priorities to guide the discussion. The discussion is framed around the 11 health priorities of HW2010 including information on
local, state and national morbidity, mortality, health behavior, social
and economic indicators. To assist community representatives in
prioritizing local health needs, community data is compared to Healthy
People 2010 and HW2010 goals.
A team of community representatives is formed to:
- Review health conditions and their modifiable risk factors
that impact community residents.
- Identify community strengths and resources that can be built
upon to address given health conditions.
- Prioritize health conditions that impact residents.
- Develop goals, measurable objectives and implementation
strategies to address the top health priorities.
- Incorporate health plan goals and strategies into day-to-day
activities of community partners.
- Annually review progress on goals, objectives and
strategies.
Community representatives should only review enough data to decide if the health priority is a top concern for their
residents without overburdening them with information that is better
used in targeting implementation initiatives.
Community representatives determine variations to the process and
information discussed. Depending on the community, template data may be
augmented with data only found locally including school and opinion
surveys, environmental health programs, and local health providers.
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hope you find this information useful. Please come back to review
new content. To suggest new content, please contact Jamie LaBrasca
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For
more information or If you have any questions, please contact Jim
Lawrence at 715-365-2708 or james.lawrence@wisconsin.gov.
Last Revised: April 20, 2009
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