Health in All Policies
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Background
Health in All Policies (HiAP) is gaining traction as an ecological policy approach to addressing public health’s most complex, multi-factor challenges, especially chronic disease and persistent inequities that harm health. Underlying this approach is the realization that a broad array of social and environmental determinants contributes to complex conditions. Local, state, and federal public health agencies are reorienting their services and programs to meet these challenges (see the Community Health Strategist model), but these efforts need a supportive policy environments to be effective. Since social and environmental determinants “live” in sectors other than public health – including education, transportation, finance, businesses, and justice – public health policy development needs to occur in all sectors. HiAP aspires to promote the consideration of the public’s health – including health equity – in every type of policy decision in every type of organization, so that any public or private entity with governance structures always takes health into account. |
New to HiAP? Start With These Foundational Resources: |
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Exploring HiAP in Colorado
With support from The Colorado Health Foundation, CALPHO explored what Health in All Policies (HiAP) looks like at a local level in Colorado. Throughout 2017 and early 2018 we compiled a library of resources, conducted interviews, analyzed survey data, and produced case studies that will further our understanding of HiAP’s community-level potential. Specifically, these activities revealed how HiAP is already practiced in Colorado’s counties, and enabled CALPHO to highlight successes that will inform the expansion of HiAP practice.
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CALPHO's Recommendations to Colorado LPHAs:
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