May 23, 2024
Asian Ohioan ancestries
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and HPIO analysis of Census Bureau data found that Asian Ohioans come from 38 ancestries, and more than 193,000 Ohioans live in a household that speaks an …
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May 16, 2024
30-day follow up after ED visit for mental illness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and new data analysis from HPIO has found that Ohio ranks 27th for adults with Medicaid coverage who received follow-up care within 30 days of an emergency departm…
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May 10, 2024
Ohio students with ACEs more likely to lack social connections
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and data from the Ohio Department of Health shows that Ohio students who experience more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are less likely to have social connec…
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April 26, 2024
Racial disparities in food security among Ohio children
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new toolkit designed to provide partners with information about how to use evaluation to move towards equity. Each section of “Moving Toward E…
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April 19, 2024
Premature death disparities
April is Minority Health Month and new analysis from data included in HPIO’s 2024 Health Value Dashboard shows that if disparities were eliminated in Ohio, Black Ohioans could collectively gain …
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April 12, 2024
Ohio ranks 44th in 2024 Health Value Dashboard
Earlier this week, HPIO released the sixth edition of the Health Value Dashboard, a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward health value — a composite measure of performance on population hea…
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April 5, 2024
Liquor sales in Ohio, 2000 to 2020
April is Alcohol Awareness Month and HPIO analysis has found alcohol use is increasing in Ohio, affecting the health of many Ohioans. Alcohol use is influenced by many factors, including stress, trau…
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March 28, 2024
Housing cost burden by county
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released a new fact sheet titled “Uplifting Community Voices: Housing and Health.” The fact sheet uplifts experiences with two programs — Hea…
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March 22, 2024
Ohio households without complete plumbing
HPIO has released a new policy brief titled, Connections between water quality and health. The brief focuses on the importance of clean water and the many effects that water pollution and deteriorati…
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March 15, 2024
Disparities in cannabis arrests
Last week, HPIO released a new publication that provides a brief data overview of cannabis use in Ohio and policy considerations for the development of a new regulatory framework for recreational cann…
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March 8, 2024
Youth cannabis use, Ohio and other states
HPIO has released a new publication that provides a brief data overview of cannabis use in Ohio and policy considerations for the development of a new regulatory framework for recreational cannabis. …
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March 1, 2024
Changes in mental health challenges among Ohio high school students
In February, HPIO released a new Data Snapshot detailing trends in suicide deaths in Ohio. Among the data highlighted in the snapshot is the change in mental health challenges among Ohio high school …
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