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Health Policy and Planning - Who are we?

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Health Policy and Planning (HPP) increases the Health Department's ability to improve community health by addressing strategic health issues in partnership with the community. This unit carries out projects and initiatives that represent priorities of the department aimed at long-term and systemic impact on community health.   HPP is made up of three sections: the Health Officer aligns the broad concerns of promoting social, economic, and environmental conditions toward improving health and well-being and preventing illness, disease and injury; Policy and Planning leads strategic planning, engages the community, and analyzes data and policy opportunities to inform Department practice and priority setting. and the Children's Health Initiative ensures that all children ages 0 through 18 in San Mateo County have access to comprehensive health insurance coverage. HPP aspires to fulfill the following objectives: Reduce community health disparities in partnership with County Departments and the community Lead collaborations that engage the community in addressing identified health problems including the efforts of the Prevention of Childhood Obesity and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Prevention Task Forces and work around Youth Development Conducting studies projecting and assessing the effectiveness, accessibility and quality of client and population based health services including the Linguistic Access Assessment Involve the perspectives of all San Mateo County communities in Health Department planning and programs Provide technical assistance to Health Department Divisions and community organizations Be accessible as a resource on federal and state legislation, research on best practices in the areas of health, health disparities and health assessments and health data sources Participate in community strategic planning and program evaluations including the Children's Health Initiative evaluation, Pre-3 Strategic Planning, the HOPE Initiative and Health Department Service Mapping Facilitate collaborative and proactive grant applications to support innovative programs and systems change Provide analytic support required to launch, sustain and strengthen community and Department planning and programs Improve use of data analysis to inform program planning and ongoing program development QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS? Please feel free to contact us regarding our work or website at asajuthi@co.sanmateo.ca.us. Para información en Español, favor de comunicarse con Doris Estremera al número (650) 573-2208.   QUICK LINKS HPP HOME PAGE ABOUT HPP Who are we? HPP Unit Plan  HPP Internship Program REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS  HEALTH DISPARITIES INITIATIVES Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Prevention Task Force Get Healthy San Mateo County (GHSMC) Task Force Linguistic Access to Health Care Assessment Youth Development ACCESS & POLICY INITIATIVES San Mateo County Aging Model Blue Ribbon Task Force on Adult Health Care Coverage Expansion Health and the Built Environment HOME Team Children's Health Initiative UC Cooperative Extension