HPIO tools assist policymakers with determining evidence-informed strategies to bolster disease prevention and health promotion across Ohio communities.
This brief describes public health at the state and local government levels, which includes the Ohio Department of Health and local health departments.
This brief describes public health at the state and local government levels, which includes the Ohio Department of Health and local health departments.
This policy brief focuses on the importance of clean water and the many effects that water pollution and deteriorating infrastructure can have on health throughout life.
Policy considerations
A brief data overview of cannabis use in Ohio and policy considerations for the development of a new regulatory framework for recreational cannabis.
Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio
Data Snapshot:
View Data Snapshot Updated analysis Ohioans between the ages of 15 and 64 are dying at a much higher rate...
HPIO’s fifth edition of the Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward improved health value Download...
From Pilot to Policy:
Download publication Throughout the state, creative and caring Ohioans are working together to design and implement programs that improve health...
Health Value Dashboard fact sheet:
Clean air and water, safe places to walk outside and access to healthy food are examples of conditions in the...
Data Snapshot:
Ohioans between the ages of 15 and 64 are dying at a much higher rate than they were 15 years ago, according to analysis from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.
Health Value Dashboard fact sheet:
This fact sheet provides additional information on the public health and prevention metrics included in HPIO’s 2021 Health Value Dashboard™
CelebrateOne contracted with HPIO to complete a final report summarizing the outcome and process evaluation results of Healthy Beginnings at...
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress toward health value
COVID-19 in Ohio:
As of Saturday, Aug. 8, there have been 99,969 reported COVID-19 cases, 11,516 hospitalizations.
The Ohio Department of Health contracted with HPIO to complete the 2020-2022 State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), a tool to strengthen state and local efforts to improve health, well-being and econom
As of May 9, 2020, more than 73,000 people in the U.S., including 1,331 Ohioans, have died with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. These numbers continue to increase dai
The Ohio Department of Health contracted with HPIO to complete this State Health Assessment (SHA) summary report by compiling data from the...
Medicaid pays for healthcare services for about three million Ohioans with low incomes, including more than 1.2 million children...
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s Health Value Dashboard is a tool to track Ohio’s progress towards health value.
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) commissioned the Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO) to facilitate development of Ohio’s next State Health Assessment (SHA) and State Health Improvement Plan
HPIO’s 2017 Health Value Dashboard™ finds that Ohio ranks 46 out of 50 states and D.C. on health value, a composite measure of population health outcomes...
Click here to download publication Recognizing that access to quality health care is necessary but not sufficient for good health,...
New rules require hospitals and LHDs collaborate with organizations within their community to prioritize their community’s health needs, and develop plans to address those needs.
This new brief provides a first step in quantifying Ohio’s public investments in prevention.
The HPIO Health Value Dashboard™, the first-of-its-kind combined state ranking of health outcomes and healthcare costs, shows that Ohio’s health value rank is 47.
The latest in HPIO’s popular series of “Policy Basics” publications, the brief provides an overview of prevention in Ohio.
The complete four-part pdf-version of the HPIO Guide to evidence-based prevention.
HPIO partnered with the Ohio Department of Health to lead a state team to review evidence-based public health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Community Guide
A policy brief (pdf, 8 pages) outlining the key findings and recommendations arising out of HPIO’s July 16 Telehealth Leadership Summit.
A policy brief (pdf, 18 pages) that provides an introduction to telehealth and an overview of the national and state telehealth policy landscape.
A policy brief (pdf, 29 pages) published in January 2013 that examines public health in Ohio, with sections on how public health is structured and funded at the state and local levels in Ohio.
A policy brief (pdf, 4 pages) that explores Ohio’s need for a single source for comprehensive data on health professionals.
A glossary of prevention-related terms created by the Ohio Wellness & Prevention Network.
Recognizing the need to respond to current financial and political challenges and to propose new approaches to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of local public health in Ohio, AOHC established
Taking lessons learned from promising health and human services pilot programs and developing policy and systems change.
HPIO's inaugural Health Policy Summit
Clean air and water, safe places to walk outside and access to healthy food are examples of conditions in the physical environment
Improving community health, achieving equity and promoting sustainable healthcare spending is a shared responsibility
September 11, 2026
The House last week passed a short-term government funding bill that will give the intoxicating hemp industry more time to fight a looming crackdown on its products
September 11, 2026
A group representing more than 800 former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday sounded the alarm over the health consequences of data centers
September 04, 2026
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and data shows that suicide death rates vary widely across Ohio, with large differences between counties in the same region
