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    State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)

    State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)

    State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) 2023-2028

    The State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) is a multi-year strategic plan developed in collaboration with a diverse public partnership of stakeholders across the commonwealth. It is a data driven comprehensive process and is a primary and expert resource for establishing and maintaining public health programs and policies.

    The SHIP identifies Pennsylvania health priorities and includes goals, objectives, and strategies for improving the priorities identified. For each priority area, a work group with goal and strategy teams meets to implement the strategies and reassess, as necessary, to improve the health of Pennsylvanians.

    To become involved as an implementation team member, contact the SHIP team at RA-ship@pa.gov.

    Focus: Improve health equity by addressing social determinants of health

    Goals:

    • Increase financial well-being, food security, and safe affordable housing
    • Increase community safety by reducing the number of violent incidences that occur due to racism, discrimination, or domestic disputes
    • Improve environmental health, focusing on environmental justice communities

    Focus: Reduce chronic disease risk factors and societal impact

    Goals:

    • Increase the population at a healthy weight through increasing availability and accessibility of physical activity and affordable nutritious food
    • Reduce the impact of tobacco and nicotine use

    Focus: Increase access to culturally humble whole person care through the lifespan

    Goals:

    • Increase access to medical and oral health care
    • Improve mental health and substance use outcomes through improved mental health services, trauma informed trainings, and substance use interventions
    • Improve health outcomes through improved chronic diseases management
    • Improve maternal and infant health outcomes by improving prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal care

    Healthy Pennsylvania Partnership

    Pennsylvania State Health Assessment

    State Health Assessment Dashboard

    Health Improvement Partnership Program

    2021 Annual Report (PDF)

    2015-2020 SHIP Information 

    Contact Us

    Pennsylvania Department of Health
    Office of Operational Excellence (OpEx)
    Room 903, Health and Human Services Building
    625 Forster St.
    Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
    717-547-3547 (phone)