Resources
Use this tool to search for resources, including issue briefs, factsheets, case studies, reports, and more, that IPHI has developed across our programs and initiatives.
Informed by Local Health Departments for Local Health Departments, this communications toolkit provides guidance and materials to support local efforts to bring Safe Routes to School to Illinois communities.
This guide is intended to assist health officers and inspectors determine restaurant compliance and ensure enforcement of the Serve Kids Better law.
This publication by Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) features ten Mentee collaborations from the first two funding rounds of the DASH Mentor program.
This tool was developed to support healthcare providers in understanding the basics of breast/chestfeeding so they can best support families in initiating and sustaining breast/chestfeeding for as long as they want to.
This resource was developed to assist healthcare providers in taking a culturally humble approach to discussing breast/chestfeeding with their pregnant and parenting patients.
This resource was developed for families to increase awareness of the early steps of the breast/chestfeeding process, from pregnancy, through labor/delivery, and the early days of breast/chestfeeding at home.
The brief highlights six lessons on sharing data across sectors and state agencies while partnering with individuals with lived expertise. The lessons were derived from six projects from the first round of DASH’s Learning and Action in Policies and Partnerships (LAPP) funding program.
Co-authored by Data Across Sector for Health and the Network for Public Health Law, Pathways to Yes details the legal aspects of data-sharing projects.
This fact sheet provides an overview of how other states operate their naloxone programs and recommendations on how to establish ED-based naloxone dispensing in Illinois.
The greatest challenges to implementing and expanding ED-based naloxone dispensing are financial. To investigate how programs in other states with robust ED naloxone programs operate, the Illinois Public Health Institute conducted a series of interviews with key informants in eight states with ED naloxone distribution programs and recommendations on how to establish ED-based naloxone dispensing […]
Through the State Physical Activity & Nutrition program, IPHI developed a variety of tools to help organizations adopt and assess their nutrition policies/food service guidelines.
Through the State Physical Activity & Nutrition Program, IPHI developed a survey tool to be used to gather input on nutrition guidelines by guests volunteers/staff at food pantries.
Through the State Physical Activity & Nutrition Program, IPHI developed a sample nutrition policy for organizations to use to guide their purchasing and provision of foods.
This report features the findings from focus groups conducted by IPHI and the University of Illinois Family Resiliency Center in 2020. Discussions helped to better understand the needs, implementation practices, and barriers encountered by Illinois early childcare providers around nutrition, physical activity and breastfeeding.
Ensuring families are supported in their lactation journeys, from the prenatal period through birth and postpartum, is critical to increasing breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States. This resource guide provides examples of strategies various institutions have taken to support breastfeeding and improve continuity of care. Case study examples and resources are described for […]