Social Drivers of Health

Addressing social determinants of health through Medicaid:

Lessons for Ohio from other states

This report highlights findings from three states that have covered housing and nutrition services through Medicaid.

Policy explainer: Federal health policy impact on Ohio

SNAP at a glance: Key changes from HR 1

HR 1 made substantial changes to SNAP that will affect eligibility for the program, as well as how Ohio and other states administer it.

Connections between youth mental health and the juvenile justice system

This brief outlines the root causes of mental health challenges for youth at risk for justice involvement and includes nine policy options that state policymakers can implement

Healthcare access and affordability in Ohio series

Healthcare affordability challenges for working Ohioans

In light of coming policy changes, this brief presents current data on the cost of basic needs for working Ohioans, access to adequate health insurance and the cost of health care for Ohio families.

Data snapshot

Closing health gaps in Columbus

This data snapshot explores some of the underlying reasons why some groups of Columbus residents live shorter and less healthy lives.

State policy roadmap

Leveraging Medicaid to support housing and nutrition in Ohio

Data snapshot

Effects of the Child Tax Credit on poverty, health and well-being

This data snapshot highlights the potential impact of a proposed refundable $1,000 state child tax credit for eligible families with children 6 years old and under.

Uplifting community voice

Employment and maternal and child health

Creating a financially prosperous Ohio

Strategies to improve family financial security

Data snapshot

Health in rural and Appalachian Ohio

Criminal Justice and Health

Social Drivers of Violent Crime

The latest in a series of publications on the link between criminal justice and health, the brief includes data and information on the structural and social drivers of violence.

2024 Health Value Dashboard data brief

What's driving the trend on early death?

This brief explores the experiences and environments that lead to deaths among working-age Ohioans (ages 15-64) and provides a set of policies to drive improvement.

Uplifting Community Voices

Housing and health

Housing is a foundational driver of health. Stable and safe housing influences access to jobs, healthy food, quality healthcare and educational opportunities.

Connections between water quality and health

This policy brief focuses on the importance of clean water and the many effects that water pollution and deteriorating infrastructure can have on health throughout life.

Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio

Promoting positive social norms and intervening to lessen harm

Connections between criminal justice and health:

Impacts on children and families

Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:

Eliminating Racism Action Guide

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.

Unlocking Ohio’s economic potential:

The impact of eliminating racial disparities on Ohio businesses, governments and communities

This analysis from HPIO looks at the economic potential associated with eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in Ohio, finding that...

Social Drivers of Infant Mortality:

Transportation Action Guide

For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...

2023 Health Value Dashboard™

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:

Education Action Guide

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:

Housing Action Guide

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:

Recommendations for Action and Accountability in Ohio

For many years, policymakers and community leaders across Ohio have worked to reduce high rates of infant mortality. Decisionmakers have...

Healthy Beginnings at Home 1.0 Evaluation Final Report

CelebrateOne contracted with HPIO to complete a final report summarizing the outcome and process evaluation results of Healthy Beginnings at...

2021 Health Value Dashboard™

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward health value

Healthy Beginnings at Home 1.0 process evaluation

Healthy Beginnings at Home (HBAH) is a housing stabilization pilot program for pregnant women.

2019 Health Value Dashboard™

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress towards health value.

Connections between income and health

More than a century of research has found strong connections between income and health.

2014 Health Value Dashboard™

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.

The role of diversity in Ohio’s health workforce

A policy brief highlighting how diversifying Ohio’s health workforce can contribute to a number of benefits, including increased access to health services for Ohio’s most underserved populations.

What is ‘Policy, System and Environmental Change’?

Policy, system and environmental change is a way of thinking about how to effectively improve health in a community.