Lets Get Healthy California Let’s Get Healthy California Goals The six Let’s Get Healthy California goals focus on health across the lifespan and pathways to health, with an emphasis on achieving better health, better care, and lower costs and promoting health equity for all Californians
Goals - Lets Get Healthy California Health Across the Lifespan All Californians should have optimal health Being the healthiest state in the nation means that Californians throughout the lifespan—from our children to our seniors—are healthy Healthy Beginnings Laying the foundation for a healthy life Infant Mortality Low-Risk Cesarean Births Breastfeeding Child Vaccination
The Story - Lets Get Healthy California Let’s Get Healthy California provides an ongoing statewide collaborative and systematic approach for assessing and monitoring the health status of California, identifying and prioritizing opportunities for health improvement, and promoting collective action towards comprehensive solutions that address California’s toughest health challenges
State Health Improvement Plan - Lets Get Healthy California The state health improvement plan (SHIP) connects a wide range of plans, programs, and initiatives across California and guides the development and implementation of policies, programs, and actions; at both the state and local level Let’s Get Healthy California (LGHC) – the SHIP – lays out an overarching framework and strategic approach to unify efforts across the state that are working
Reducing Obesity - Lets Get Healthy California California has the highest total obesity-related medical costs in the United States, with annual medical care expenditures of adults with obesity ($5,812) nearly three times greater than for adults with normal weight ($1,502), which is a greater difference than for any other state 5
Progress - Lets Get Healthy California How is California Doing? Together we are tracking and driving progress to improve the health of our state The progress indicators within the state health improvement plan (SHIP) are being updated to establish new baselines and 10-year targets Historical data is available for most indicators, but progress evaluation will begin again when we have
Website Guide - Lets Get Healthy California The Let’s Get Healthy California efforts have systematically collected, prioritized, and shared information that includes a comprehensive message, framework, and dashboard for measuring progress towards becoming the healthiest state in the nation
Increasing Food Access and Affordability - Lets Get Healthy California Access to healthy, safe, affordable food is important for a nutritious diet and good health 1 Access to affordable healthy food promotes healthy eating patterns and is crucial to reducing food insecurity, reducing hunger, and improving health 1,2 People experiencing food insecurity have limited, uncertain, or inconsistent access to adequate food that supports good health Further, low-income
Living Well - Lets Get Healthy California Therefore, screening and treatment for depression is an important priority for the Living Well goal Depression is a common and treatable condition which can have serious health consequences if left untreated 2 Let’s Get Healthy California seeks to reduce the number of adults and adolescents (teens) who experience a major depressive episode
Together - Lets Get Healthy California Let’s Get Healthy California Belongs to All of Us Let’s Get Healthy California happens through collective impact; sharing and inspiring ideas, and connecting people, stories, and data We all have a role to play in tracking and driving the health of California Together we can make California the healthiest state in the nation