2020 – 2022 Community Health Improvement Plan
The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is the second part of a two-part health improvement planning process. The first step was the completion of the 2019 Community Health Assessment (CHA) which evaluated health status and issues impacting Montgomery County’s population. Representatives from a variety of organizations throughout the county met to first select health priorities based on the issues identified in the CHA and then worked to collaboratively create workplans to select strategies to address these issues.
The CHIP is a three-year community-driven plan that outlines goals and strategies that will be used by coalitions, task forces, organizations, and citizens to address the identified health priorities in the community.
CHIP Dashboard
Updated:Aug 25 2021
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Maternal and Infant Vitality is a measurement of the overall health of the community. We believe that healthy moms and healthy babies will lead to a more educated, healthier community. We will leverage our resources to identify and target pregnant women, which will give us a starting point to improve the health of the overall community.
Chronic Diseases have a large impact on residents of Montgomery County; they represent 7 of the top 10 leading causes of death, and chronic disease related healthcare costs have continued to rise. Risk factors for chronic disease that affect community members include poor nutrition, a lack of physical activity, and tobacco use. Making healthy lifestyle changes like improving nutrition, increasing physical activity, and quitting tobacco can help prevent people from developing these diseases. Differences in circumstances like income, zip code, and education can affect these behaviors, making it more difficult for some individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles.
Behavioral Health encompasses both mental health and substance use disorder. We can help improve the behavioral health of Montgomery County residents by promoting resilience and well-being, treating mental and substance use disorders, and supporting those who are experiencing or are in recovery from these conditions - along with their families and communities.
CHIP Documents
- pdf 2020 - 2022 - CHIP - Annual Report - Year 2 (1.11 MB)
- pdf 2020 - 2022 - CHIP - Annual Report (1.18 MB)
- pdf Community Health Improvement Plan - 2020 (11.11 MB)
- pdf CHIP – Year 3 - 6 Month Newsletter (2.35 MB)
- pdf CHIP – Year 2 Annual Report (2.44 MB)
- pdf CHIP - Year 2 - 6 Month Newsletter (818 KB)
- pdf CHIP - Year 1 Annual Report (1.85 MB)
- pdf CHIP 9 month update (499 KB)
- pdf Community Health Improvement Plan - 2016 (2.42 MB)
- pdf 6 Month Newsletter - rel 11/2016 (409 KB)
- pdf County-Wide Behavioral Health Needs, Gaps, and System Barriers Analysis – Crescendo report (9.21 MB)
- pdf Safe Physical Activity Study Tracking Crime in Dayton Parks (5.30 MB)
- pdf Improving Health by Increasing Parks Utilization (766 KB)
- pdf Social Determinants of Health JSI Report (1.98 MB)
- pdf Baseline Data Sources (83 KB)
- pdf Priority Alignment (268 KB)
CHIP FAQ
Who was involved in the development of Montgomery County’s 2020-2022 CHIP?
Representatives from county and city government, education, hospitals and healthcare providers, managed care companies, non-profit organizations, local businesses, foundations, and civic organizations participated in a CHIP community meeting to select the health priorities and Workgroup meetings to create three-year workplans for each priority.
What are the priorities selected for the 2020-2022 CHIP?
Based on a review of the successes and challenges of the 2016-2019 CHIP and the data of the 2019 Community Health Assessment, attendees of the CHIP community meeting discussed options for the health priorities of the 2020-2022 CHIP. Group consensus determined that progress was still needed to improve the priorities identified in the previous CHIP.
The three priorities of the 2020-2022 Community Health Improvement Plan are:
Maternal & Infant Vitality*
Chronic Disease Prevention
Behavioral Health
*Birth Outcomes was changed to Maternal & Infant Vitality
How were the priority workplans developed?
Over four months, Workgroups met to identify goals, measurable objectives, potential strategies, and lead organizations to create priority workplans. These workplans create a roadmap for how the county will achieve priority goals and measure health improvement over the next three years.
What guiding principles influenced the development of the CHIP workplans?
The concepts of Collective Impact; Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes (PSEC); and the impact of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) were considered during priority, goal, objective, and strategy selection. Additionally, alignment with other health improvement initiatives at the state and national levels were considered.
- Collective Impact can be achieved when “organizations from different sectors agree to solve a specific problem using a common agenda, aligning their efforts, and using common measures of success.”
- In order to have the greatest impact on health, it was important that the priorities selected for the CHIP align with state and national health priorities.
- Health is not only impacted by personal behaviors but also by the social and environmental conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age - Social Determinants of Health. Communities that are disproportionately affected by poverty, unstable housing, unsafe neighborhoods, limited access to healthy food, and substandard education face disparities in health outcomes due to their environment.
- Incorporating Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) Change strategies into the CHIP ensures that long-term, sustainable improvements occur within our community.
While the CHIP is a community-driven and collectively owned health improvement plan, Public Health provides administrative support, tracks and collects data, and prepares quarterly and annual progress reports.
Using this online dashboard, the progress of each strategy will be reported quarterly and the status toward achieving the goals and objectives are updated annually.
A next assessment of the community’s health will be completed by 2021 and over the next year, the community will begin the process of selecting new health priorities with new workplans. A new community health improvement plan will be completed and ready for implementation by the beginning of 2023.