As part of the Bridging to Preventive Care initiative, this concept paper describes a model in which community-based organizations and Medicaid managed care organizations could more efficiently connect to refer clients to needed community-based programs and ensure...
Building on the Controlling Junk Food and the Bottom Line report, in October 2014 the Illinois Public Health Institute released the five tip sheets below to help schools implement Smart Snacks in School while minimizing negative financial impact.
An exploration of scholarly studies and on-the-ground experience to distill practical strategies, recommend ways to conceptualize and measure economic and health impacts, and highlight effective methods for building the capacities of communities to procure local...
In April, 2016, IPHI and the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity launched an intensive research and development effort to create a Roadmap for the essential elements required for offering evidence-based chronic disease prevention and management programs to Medicaid...
In collaboration with the IAPO, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, the Illinois Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council (ILFFJC), and several other key stakeholders, IPHI held a state-wide “Healthy Farms, Healthy People” symposium to address food access, regulations, food...
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