Health Promotion and Chronic Disease (HPCD) Strategic Plan

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Background
Goals
Implementation
Partners
More information

Background

Starting in 2022, the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division completed a strategic planning initiative to develop and implement a vision, mission and set of strategic goals and strategies. This initiative involved engagement with diverse internal and external partners and now is undergoing implementation and monitoring. This plan has been designed to align with agency’s strategic plan and health equity priorities.

Vision

In Minnesota, all people are equipped and empowered to enjoy healthy lives.

Mission

HPCD works collaboratively to advance health equity, promote healthier communities, and prevent and reduce impacts of chronic disease and related disabilities. HPCD addresses risk and protective factors for individuals and communities through policy, systems, and environmental change.

Goals and key strategies

After an extensive planning process with input from a wide variety of partners and key stakeholders, HPCD developed the following goals to guide their work. Goals are written as outcomes and look out 10-15 years, and key strategies are generally for 3-7 years. Hundreds of shorter-term supporting actions were drafted and are the basis for section- and project specific action plans.

Goal: Working together, we advance health equity.

• Key strategy: Co-create equitable health solutions
• Key strategy: Build, strengthen, sustain trusted partnerships

Goal: Minnesotans value an inclusive approach to health and wellbeing.

• Key strategy: Take a holistic approach to public health
• Key strategy: Build commitment to equitable public health strategies

Goal: Minnesota systems and policies promote health and health equity.

• Key strategy: Jointly ensure equitable health policies, systems, and environments

Goal: HPCD is a leader in informed, effective programs.

• Key strategy: Translate collective knowledge to action
• Key strategy: Deliver effective programs
• Key strategy: Sustain a skilled and diverse workforce

Goal: HPCD is a trusted and recognized partner in public health.

• Key strategy: Strengthen HPCD culture, functioning
• Key strategy: Deliver effective programs
• Key strategy: Sustain a skilled and diverse workforce

Implementation

HPCD is currently working with partners to implement the new Strategic Plan. Some examples include:

• The Stroke Program is a leader in informed, effective programs by ensuring quality stroke care to more Minnesotans through the Minnesota Stroke System.
• The Sage Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program works together to advance health equity by partnering to improve cancer screening in Southwest Minnesota.
• The Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) works with local strategies, systems, and policies to promote health and healthy equity.
• Read more about HPCD Highlights.

Internally, HPCD has adopted new work groups and collaborative teams to advance key initiatives highlighted throughout the strategic planning process.

• A new community-clinical linkages work group collaborates to reduce barriers and silos for effectively working across clinics and communities.
• The data modernization work group is improving data access, use, and sharing to drive actionable, meaningful, and measurable improvements in chronic disease outcomes across communities.
• Communicators working across several health specific programs now work as a team to address gaps, share expertise, and build more capacity for effective health communications.

Partners

We have engaged a broad range of key internal and external partners connected to our work, including HPCD staff, task forces and committees, advisory bodies, partner agencies and organizations, local and Tribal health entities, statewide and community associations, and others.

More information

• Read more: HPCD Mission, Vision, Goals and Key Strategies (PDF)
• Learn more about the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division. 
• Learn more about the Minnesota Department of Health Mission, Vision, Strategic Plan, and Overview.

For more information or questions, contact directorshpcd@state.mn.us.