According to PHAB, a State Health Assessment is a collaborative process of collecting and analyzing data and information for use in educating and mobilizing communities, developing priorities, garnering resources, and planning actions to improve the population’s health.

ASTHO Resources on creating a State Health Assessment:

• "Coordinating Your State Health Assessment" Webinar

State Examples of State Health Assessments:

• Delaware Statewide Health Assessment (2012)
• Florida State Health Assessment (2012)
• Maine State Health Assessment (2012)
• Health of Massachusetts (2010)
• Michigan State Community Health Assessment (2011)
• The Health of Minnesota (2012)
• Montana State Public Health Assessment (2012)
• New Hampshire State Health Profile (2011)
• The State of Health in New Mexico (2011)
• New York State Health Assessment (2012)
• Ohio State Health Assessment (2011)
• Oklahoma State of the State's Health Report (2011)
• Oregon Public Health Division State Health Profile (2012)
• Utah State Health Profile (2011)
• Healthy Vermonters 2020 (2012)

According to PHAB a State Health Improvement Plan is a long-term, systematic plan to address issues identified in the state health assessment.

ASTHO has developed a SHIP Guidance and Resource Document that provides a suggested framework for state health improvement planning, including a comprehensive collection of resources and state examples.

ASTHO Resources on State Health Improvement Planning:

• "State Health Improvement Plan Guidance and Resources" Document (2011)
• "State Health Improvement Planning: Research and a State Model" Webinar (2011)
• "Nuts and Bolts of a State Health Improvement Plan" Presentation (2012)

Example State Health Improvement Plans:

• Florida State Health Improvement Plan (2012)
• Indiana State Health Improvement Plan (2011)
• Maryland's State Health Improvement Process (2012)
• Michigan's State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan (2012)
• Ohio State Health Improvement Plan (2012)
• Oklahoma Health Improvement Plan (2010)
• Oregon Health Improvement Plan (2011)
• Healthiest Wisconsin 2020 (2010)

According to PHAB, the department strategic plan shapes and guides what the health department does and why it does it, sets forth the department’s vision, mission, guiding principles and values, and strategic priorities, and describes measurable and time-framed goals and objectives.

• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Strategic Plan (2011)
• Mississippi State Department of Health Strategic Plan (2012)
• The New Mexico Department of Health Strategic Plan (2012)
• Oregon Public Health Division Strategic Plan (2012)
• Washington State Department of Health (2012)