HPIO tools explore the health and wellbeing of Ohio’s youngest population, including specific policy options to improve the health of children and infants.
Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio
Policy Spotlight
Offering healthcare services to kids in schools is a worthy investment, with the potential to improve future health and education outcomes.
The data brief is the first in a series of four planned publications on child and youth mental health
Uplifting community voice
Uplifting Community Voices
Housing is a foundational driver of health. Stable and safe housing influences access to jobs, healthy food, quality healthcare and educational opportunities.
Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio
Connections between criminal justice and health:
Data Snapshot:
Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) — potentially traumatic events that occur during childhood...
Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:
HPIO produced the Social Drivers of Infant Mortality: Recommendations for Action and Accountability report. This action guide takes a closer look at eliminating racism recommendations in the report.
Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio:
Building skills and strengthening connections to caring adults ensures that every child can thrive. Enhancing a variety of assets and...
Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:
For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...
Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:
For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...
HPIO’s fifth edition of the Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward improved health value Download...
Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:
For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...
Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:
For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...
Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:
For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...
Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio:
Ensuring a strong start for children and strengthening economic supports for families both contribute to making sure that every child...
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs):
Safe, stable environments and nurturing relationships are essential for children’s healthy growth and development. Children in families that are stressed and that do not have access to necessary...
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward health value
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs):
Exposure to adversity in childhood is a pervasive problem in Ohio and across the country with severe, long-term health impacts that persist into adulthood.
Taking action:
For many years, Ohio’s infant mortality rate has been higher than most other states.
There are many organizations working to improve child well-being in Ohio at the state and local levels.
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress towards health value.
As thousands of Ohioans struggle to recover from opiate addiction, policymakers are increasingly aware of the importance of stopping addiction before it starts.
Education and health fact sheet:
The Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework is an example of an evidence-based strategy with both education and health benefits.
This third brief in a four-part series on connections between education and health illustrates the importance of a child’s early years for both health and future educational attainment.
This brief focuses on how Ohio schools are providing health services to students and specific evidence-based policies and programs that have demonstrated both health and education benefits.
The HPIO Health Value Dashboard™, the first-of-its-kind combined state ranking of health outcomes and healthcare costs, shows that Ohio’s health value rank is 47.
This project build on and amplifies current efforts to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Ohio.
Providing guidance to policymakers and other stakeholders on how to improve community conditions and achieve birth equity.
Led by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio and informed by a multi-sector advisory group, this project includes policy briefs, fact sheets and a resource page to build on and amplify current efforts to address ACEs in Ohio.
Led by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio and informed by a multi-sector advisory group, this project includes a series of three policy briefs and this resource page to build on and amplify current efforts to address ACEs in Ohio.
Speakers will describe programs and policies that encourage protective factors among Ohio children.
HPIO's inaugural Health Policy Summit
This event is open to anyone working to address ACEs in Ohio. Participants from Franklin County are invited to attend the convening.
December 06, 2024
November 15, 2024
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