Page 1 Transforming from CHAT to Healthy Pima Initiative Name Change The Community Health Improvement Taskforce changed its name to the Healthy Pima Initiative – this was accomplished through a consensus process with the full membership. Logo created and adopted An initiative logo was designed for branding and social marketing purposes. The logo was created with in-kind resources from Healthy Pima member Carondelet Health Network As with the name change, the final logo was chosen through consensus with the full membership New structure created A new meeting structure was initiated to be respectful of members’ time and prioritize the work of the action groups to implement goals and objectives. A leadership team was created comprised of all of the action group co-chairs. The leadership teams meets monthly. Action groups continue to meet monthly and there is a quarterly meeting of the full membership. Strategic alignment The four priority areas of the CHIP were imbedded into Pima Prospers, Pima County’s Ten Year Comprehensive Plan. The Plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors in June 2014 and will guide the work of the County for the next decade. The four priority areas of the CHIP were also imbedded into the Pima County Health Department’s five year strategic plan. Page 2 Priority Healthy Lifestyles GOAL Objective 1 Increase access to resources and healthy options that support physical health and wellness for all residents of Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Promote physical activity among school-aged youth; Expand opportunities for urban agriculture; solicit input from community stakeholders on physical activity and exercise; Performance indicators: Maintained physical activity list; Increased school wellness policies; Increased joint-use agreements; Revised jurisdictional land use codes; Objective 2 Increase access to resources that support behavioral health and wellness for all residents of Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Create awareness of resources, programs, and training opportunism in behavioral health, especially for youth; Performance indicators: Print and web-based materials; Increased community-based training opportunities Page 3 Objective 3 Increase access to interpersonal violence prevention programs and resources for Pima County residents by 2017 Strategies: Promote programs and resources that enhance interpersonal safety; Performance indicators: Maintained resource list of bullying and violence prevention programs; Objective 4 Establish new and improve current built environments and green infrastructure that support healthy lifestyles in Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Integrate green infrastructure into capital and development projects, such as providing shade, mitigating urban heat island effects and rising regional temperatures, and managing in localized storm water issues, that reduce health and safety concerns for users, including pedestrians, bicyclist and public transit users; Performance indicators: Revised jurisdictional design standards; preliminary data showing heating effects and recommendations; Objective 5 Enhance employee wellness through increasing physical activity among all employers across Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Promote importance of physical activity for enhanced employee wellness among employers; Performance indicators: Signed employer pledges committing to employer wellness Objective 6 Enhance employee wellness, including physical activity, among all employers across Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Work with employers to encourage and support employee engagement Performance indicators: Baseline data of employee activity Page 4 Priority Access to Care GOAL 1 Improve urban and rural community access to medical, behavioral, and specialty healthcare services Objective 1 Increase community-level communication and information related to accessing medical, behavioral, and specialty health care services in Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Identify populations that will not be covered by the ACA, or may be eligible for coverage under the ACA but will have barriers; Disseminate information regarding the ACA to disparate populations Performance indicators: Continuation of Enrollment Coalition; ACA education materials list; ACA educational materials; ACA education and information dissemination plan; Page 5 GOAL 2 Improve workforce development in the medical, behavioral, and specialty healthcare fields in Pima County Objective 1 Determine professional health care workforce requirements needed to meet new demand for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Work with Primary Care Areas and providers to address health care workforce development in Pima County; Leverage existing health care resources in Pima County to meet identified workforce demands and fill gaps in access Performance indicators: Workforce development plan Page 6 Priority Health Literacy GOAL Objective 1 Increase public awareness of relevant, reliable, and trustworthy health information resources in Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Adopt health literacy guidelines and standards; Disseminate health information and education resources to community; Performance indicators: Maintained health information and education resources list; Repository of health information and education resources; Page 7 Objective 2 Enhance health literacy practices of health care (including behavioral health) and health information providers in Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Identify health literacy education and training materials for health care and health information providers; Promote health literacy and training opportunities for health care and health information providers; Performance indicators: Priority health literacy needs identified; Health literacy and education training materials; health literacy education and training opportunities; Repository of health literacy education and training materials; Page 8 Priority Health Equity GOAL Address health disparities by promoting a better understanding of community assets, health conditions, and health status within Pima County Objective 1 Increase accessibility to health disparities and community assets data in Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Curriculum creating tying health promotion to housing and food insecurity, trauma and health literacy; universal screening tool; Performance indicators: Health equity forums and trainings; maintained inventory of available public health data on Healthy Pima website Page 9 Objective 2 Facilitate inclusion of health disparities and community assets data in surveillance, priority setting, and action planning in Pima County by 2017 Strategies: Describe community assets and health equity as well as social and structural factors within Pima County, including behavioral health; Engage stakeholders, health coalitions and grassroots groups in data sharing and interpretation Performance indicators: Health equity forums, conversations and trainings; distribution system communicating health equity issues and recommendations; Page 10 Next Steps The Healthy Pima Initiative created much momentum this past year. Members will continue meeting and working on objectives in the work plans. A process to review work plans on a quarterly basis to update progress, and make adjustments as needed has been implemented Members continue to identify new partners to join their efforts and accomplish their work. A staff person will be hired by the Health Department who will develop a website for the Healthy Pima Initiative that will serve as a resource for both members and the community. The work groups are very interested in working together and aligning efforts. There are some exciting possibilities including around housing and food security. There will also be continuous education and outreach on the Healthy Pima initiative in efforts to recruit new stakeholders and align efforts with existing community initiatives. Moving Forward Our CHIP and the Healthy Pima initiative are dynamic and evolving. As we successfully achieve our objectives and strategies we will incorporate new opportunities that present themselves, and focus our collective resources to address issues and challenges to improve the health of Pima County. The four priority areas identified in the CHIP continue to be the focus of implementation work. The action groups will continuously monitor goals, objectives and activities and strive to carry out this important work. Join Healthy Pima Our success depends on collaboration and community support. This is a collective effort that draws on the expertise, experience and assets of the residents of our community. Page 11 If you are or your organization would like to join this effort, please contact the Healthy Pima Initiative at: Pima County Health Department 3950 South Country Club Road, Suite 2354 Attention: Javier Herrera 520-724-7791 – Email: healthypima@pima.gov Healthy Pima Member Organizations 501 Navigation St. Elizabeth’s Health Center Beach Fleischman Service Employees International Union, Local 48 Carondelet Health Network Catalina In-Home Services Sunnyside Unified School District Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona The Aurora Foundation of Southern Arizona Community Gardens of Tucson The Peace Initiative Community Partnership of Southern Arizona The Primavera Foundation El Rio Community Health Center Tucson Electric Power El Rio Foundation Tucson Medical Center Employer’s Health Alliance of Arizona Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation Health Choice Tucson Unified School District Higher Ground Resource Center United Community Health Center Jewish Community Center United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Jewish Family and Children’s Services Literacy Connects Luz Social Services Marana Community Health Center Paxis Institute Pima Association of Governments Pima Community Access Program Pima County Government Health Department Housing Center Office of Behavioral Health University of Arizona Arizona Health Sciences Library Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Center for Rural Health Ventana Roche YMCA of Southern Arizona Public Library Page 12 Healthy Pima www.HealthyPima.org www.pima.gov/health