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Louisville Metro Public Health Address

Louisville Metro Public Health Address. LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH Director, LMPHW March 6, 2012. Agenda. Louisville Metro Demographics Louisville Metro Health Status Public Health Approach to Improving Health Outcomes Get Involved/Next Steps. Louisville metro demographics.

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Louisville Metro Public Health Address

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  1. Louisville Metro Public Health Address LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH Director, LMPHW March 6, 2012

  2. Agenda • Louisville Metro Demographics • Louisville Metro Health Status • Public Health Approach to Improving Health Outcomes • Get Involved/Next Steps

  3. Louisville metro demographics

  4. Louisville Metro (LM) Map

  5. LM Population

  6. LM Population

  7. LM Population

  8. LM Income

  9. LM Education

  10. LM Health Care Coverage

  11. Louisville metro health status

  12. Infant Mortality

  13. Infant Mortality

  14. Infant Mortality

  15. Infant Mortality

  16. Morbidity

  17. Morbidity

  18. Morbidity

  19. Mortality

  20. Mortality

  21. Mortality

  22. Mortality

  23. Heart Disease Mortality Healthy People 2010 Goal = 166

  24. Heart Disease Mortality

  25. Cancer Mortality

  26. Breast Cancer Mortality

  27. Breast Cancer Mortality

  28. Prostate Cancer Mortality

  29. Prostate Cancer Mortality

  30. COPD Mortality

  31. Stroke Mortality

  32. Stroke Mortality

  33. Diabetes Mortality

  34. Homicide

  35. Homicide

  36. HIV

  37. HIV

  38. HIV

  39. Health behaviors

  40. Obesity

  41. Obesity

  42. Physical Activity

  43. Nutrition

  44. Tobacco Use

  45. Health impact-what’s the answer?

  46. What is Public Health?

  47. How Do We Improve Health?

  48. LMPHW Core Functions • Assessing the health impact of all policies implemented at the federal, state, and local level • Educating the public on the intersection of health and other sectors such as education, economic development, housing, public safety, transportation, and community development and planning • Assuring the provision of high quality clinical services to the underserved and those who face significant barriers to health • Fostering an environment free of environmental health risks and hazards • Ensuring adherence to community hygiene standards that decrease risk for communicable/infectious disease • Building community capacity to identify and address risks to health and well-being • Advancing community knowledge of social determinants of health and health equity • Developing and maintaining public-private partnerships to enhance the public health and healthcare infrastructure • Implementing programs and interventions that have been proven to work • Evaluating the effectiveness of public health policies, programs, and practices and making changes that are data driven

  49. LMPHW Priorities • Creating a culture of health and wellness in Metro Louisville • Continued focus on social determinants of health and health equity • Strengthening public-private partnerships • Increased connection between public health and clinical medicine • Outcomes driven approach to program and policy development

  50. Community Transformation • Tobacco Prevention and Control • Decrease secondhand smoke exposure • Decrease adult prevalence and youth initiation • Healthy Eating and Active Living • Create environments that make the healthy choice the default/easier choice • Increased Use of Quality Clinical Preventive Services • Age appropriate screenings • Community and healthcare facility partnerships • Patient-centered care

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