CHIP Priority 2: Chronic Disease
Chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are responsible for seven out of every ten deaths each year. Costs associated with these three chronic diseases account for 75% of the nation's health spending (Healthy People 2020).
Goals
Goal #1: Increase access to healthy foods and beverages.
CHIP SMART Objectives
Objective 1.1: Increase utilization rate of EBT and other nutrition assistance resources by 3% by December 2021.
Objective 1.2: Increase the reach of promotion of school food options and programs during the summer by 20% by December 2021.
CHIP Indicators
# of technical assistance sessions provided
% Child Food Insecurity Rate
# reach of promotion
# of summer food program participants
Goal #2: Increase opportunities for active living.
Objective 2.1: Increase and improve active transportation infrastructure in underserved communities by 3% by December 2021.
Objective 2.2: Increase the number of worksite promoting wellness and physical activity opportunities by an additional 3 worksites from 2017 to December 2021.
# miles of bike lanes
# miles of sidewalks
# Comprehensive Wellness Policies
# self-reported wellness activities
# of technical assistance sessions provided
Goal #3: Increase access to smoke and tobacco free environments.
Objective 3.1: Increase policy development activities to update the City of Houston Smoking Ordinance to address emerging trends in tobacco use and to increase the number of people covered by 6 activities by December 2021.
Objective 3.2: Implement health promotion activities to reduce youth initiation of tobacco use and nicotine dependency by 3 activities by December 2021.
Goal #4: Increase access to community-based health education and preventative interventions that promote wellness.
Objective 4.1: Increase the number of community-based chronic disease health education and promotional activities in Complete Communities by 5 activities by December 2021.
# of individuals reached
# of provider referrals
# of Health Education Activities
- Adults who are sedentary are at an increased risk of many serious health conditions
- Over time, the percentage of adults who smoke is decreasing, although, not significantly
The Houston Health Department is accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board.