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Webinar: Health Matters, Place Matters - The Health Opportunity indx

Please join ASTHO on May 23, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST for the training webinar: In Health Matters, Place Matters -The Health Opportunity Index (HOI)! The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Health Equity team will provide an in-depth presentation highlighting how Please join us on May 23, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST for the training webinar: In Health Matters, Place Matters -The Health Opportunity Index (HOI)! The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Health Equity team will provide an in-depth presentation highlighting how they developed the HOI, an online mapping tool of community health influences that allows advocates, citizens and providers to view the many factors that affect health across their state. The Health Opportunity Index (HOI) is a composite measure of the social, economic, educational, demographic and environmental factors that relate to a community’s well-being. The HOI provides a baseline for a community to judge what types of decisions would support positive health outcomes. This tool can help public health practitioners isolate social determinant of health indicators to determine which specific factors are contributing to poor health outcomes and tailor interventions addressing those specific determinants and population health needs.

 ASTHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host this training opportunity for public health professionals (e.g. informaticians, epidemiologists, minority health/health equity professionals, Senior Deputies, etc.) interested in learning more about data tools to advance health equity. To register click here: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/78ngg3wjyzr6&eom.  
 Participants will explore: 
  • Step-by-step the development of the HOI online mapping tool. The speakers will discuss cost, infrastructure needs, and associated challenges.
  • How state health departments can use their state data to better understand the root causes for poor health, identify inequities, and customize interventions.
  • How to use the HOI to educate the community, advocate, and engage payers and new partners. 
We encourage you to invite your staff to attend, ask questions, and learn how to replicate the Virginia Health Opportunity Index!
For questions: contact Melissa Lewis at mlewis@astho.org.