Standard 4.2 Promote the Community’s Understanding of and Support for Policies and Strategies That will Improve the Public’s Health
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CDHD Completed Impact Statement: A local health department increased early enrollment of pregnant women in smoking cessation programs to reduce risks of pregnancy complications, premature delivery, and their infants being low-birth weight, stillborn, or dying from SIDS. |
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SCPHS Completed Impact Statement: It has been shown that home visiting and other supportive services provided during pregnancy improve perinatal outcomes. Sullivan County Public Health Services used QI to improve its internal processes for reaching women with high-risk pregnancies, so more mothers and babies can have healthy... |
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Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department Completed Impact Statement: This northern Kentucky health department wanted to increase the percentage of properly licensed mobile food vendors to correct unsafe food handling and prevent foodborne illness related to mobile food vendors such as food trucks. With the large light-industry and numerous warehouses located... |
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Spokane Regional Health District Completed Impact Statement: Compliance with required school immunizations rose after completion of a review of school immunization records was coupled with better methods of contacting parents. As a result, both children and the wider community experienced less spread of diseases. |
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St. Clair County Health Department Completed Impact Statement: Recognizing the power and strength of inclusive community-based collaboration, the health department, under the leadership of the St. Clair County Health Care Commission, used quality planning to enlist more than 60 local organizations to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the unacceptably... |
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Comanche County Health Department Completed Impact Statement: The county health department used a QI planning approach to improve their planning processes for community meetings resulting in the community becoming more involved in improving its own health. |
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Oklahoma State Department of Health Completed Impact Statement: To address the high percentage of Oklahoma’s youth who were overweight or obese, the CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) after-school program improved their ability to achieve parental involvement and encouragement of at-home physical fitness and nutrition activities by adding fun... |
