The purpose of a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is to improve the health and quality of life within a community. The CHIP utilizes goals, objectives, outcomes, and strategies developed by Healthiest Manitowoc County in collaboration with community partners to create a working plan for HMC and it’s coalitions by addressing leading health priorities.
Top health priorities for Manitowoc County addressed in the CHIP
- Tobacco use and alcohol consumption rates
- Poor diet and physical activity levels
- Cancers
- Suicide
- Accidental deaths
HMC’s CHIP includes the 6 community coalitions, who chairs the coalitions, what health indicators each coalition works on, and identified evidence-based strategies that can be potential starting points for coalition work.
Download Healthiest Manitowoc County’s Community Health Improvement Plan here:
HMC Community Health Improvement Plan