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Healthy Illinois 2028
Healthy Illinois 2028 is a statewide initiative to coordinate and align plans, processes, and resources to facilitate health improvement and advance health equity.
The initiative has two main outputs: the State Health Assessment (SHA) and the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), each created every five years to help build a healthier Illinois.
State Health Assessment (SHA)
Composed of four assessments—collects, analyzes, and uses data to educate and mobilize communities, gather resources, and plan actions.
State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)
A shared statewide plan outlining goals, objectives, and recommended strategies in priority areas identified in the SHA.
Vision
Healthy Illinois 2028 represents a coordinated, aligned approach to lead health improvement and improve health equity. With a five-year timeline, the success of the overall initiative would lead to improvements in the social and structural determinants of health, the public health system infrastructure, and improvements in specific health priorities that would benefit all Illinoisans.
Healthy Illinois 2028 Vision
Achievement of health equity across Illinois by addressing structural and social determinants of health through a unified public health system, community engagement and collaboration, a strong workforce, and sustainable and flexible local funding
SHA/SHIP Partnership
The SHA and SHIP underscores partnership at every level—between the entire state public health system and the communities it serves — by working together in a common direction. With guidance from public health experts, the SHA and SHIP are community-driven and include public engagement to assess data and determine priorities.
Healthy Illinois 2028 Priorities and Goals
These priorities were collaboratively developed and supported throughout the community and stakeholder engagement processes that contributed to the Healthy Illinois 2028 initiatives. The primary goals for each priority area are outlined in the table below.
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Chronic Disease |
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COVID-19 and Emerging Diseases |
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Maternal and Infant Health |
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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder |
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Racism as a Public Health Crisis Goals |
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Implementation and Next Steps
Stakeholders in the broad networks that make up the Illinois public health system are encouraged to use this SHIP as a blueprint of overarching statewide goals and objectives that their organizations can adopt to align with and to build upon their existing work. The recommended strategies may provide guidance as they seek ways to approach similar goals and objectives.
The SHIP is a living document and is intended to be monitored and built upon throughout the duration of its implementation. IDPH and the other members of the SHA/SHIP Partnership look forward to working with its partners in health improvement and advancing health equity across the state as we strive to achieve the goals and objectives of Healthy Illinois 2028.
Healthy Illinois 2028 Wins Dashboard
SHIP Public Hearings
Three virtual public hearings were held November 28, 29, and 30, 2023 where Illinoisans from across the state and representing a variety of disciplines and backgrounds had the opportunity to offer comments on the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP).
As the next phase of the State Health Assessment (SHA)/SHIP process begins, the ideas and recommendations voiced by the public will be shared with the action teams as they work to develop and to implement actionable plans to advance the goals of the five SHIP priorities and the crosscutting issues to improve the health and wellbeing of all Illinoisans.
Disclaimer: The statewide hearings were scheduled for three hours each day, but testimony from witnesses did not always fill the allotted time. The recordings have been edited only to remove extended periods of silence when there was no testimony.
