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Health in All Policies
Shahana Hirji
MSPH Candidate, Health Policy & Management
8 May 2015
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Health in All Policies Framework
Addressing
the root causes of poor
health and improving health equity in
Baltimore City
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BCHD Policy & Planning
Mission
To
advance health equity within
Baltimore City by addressing
social determinants of health,
increasing community capacity
and partnership, improving
healthcare delivery and
enacting health promoting
policies and laws.
Source: Shannon Mace Heller, Office of Policy and Planning, BCHD
Where we work, live, and play…
…determines our health status.
Source: Shannon Mace Heller, Office of Policy and Planning, BCHD
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Source: Justice Policy Institute & Prison Policy Initiative, 2015
Source: Justice Policy Institute & Prison Policy Initiative, 2015
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Source: Justice Policy Institute & Prison Policy Initiative, 2015
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Source: Urban Institute, 2008
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Source: Urban Institute, 2008
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Project Description & Methods
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Needs Assessment Tools literature
review
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Resource guide & asset mapping
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Findings
 Identified
validated needs assessment tools
currently in use across the US
 i.e. COMPAS, LSI-R, OST
 Rates
of incarceration in Baltimore City
concentrated in certain communities
 These
communities also contain the most services
geared towards formerly incarcerated individuals
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Limitations/Challenges
GIS
Resource
updated
guide will need to be
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Policy & Practice Implications
 Gain
knowledge of existing resources and
assets
 Geographic
proximity of services to
release zip codes
 Gaps
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Next Steps
Inter-agency
stakeholder advisory
board
Strategic
re-entry initiatives
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Acknowledgements
 BCHD: Shannon
Mace Heller, Katey Mote,
Anna Perry, Jonathan Gross
 PHASE: Jennifer
Le & Beth Resnick
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References
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Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance: http://bniajfi.org/
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Baltimore City Health Department Neighborhood Health
Profiles: http://health.baltimorecity.gov/neighborhood-healthprofile-reports
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Baltimore City Health Department Disparities Report Card:
http://health.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/Health%20Dis
parities%20Report%20Card%20FINAL%2024-Apr-14.pdf
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“The Right Investment? Corrections Spending in Baltimore City”
(Justice Policy Institute & Prison Policy Initiative Report, 2015):
http://static.prisonpolicy.org/origin/md/report.pdf