Healthy Connecticut 2025

Healthy People in Healthy, Equitable Connecticut Communities

SHIP Coalition Summit: Navigating Towards Health Equity

Kicks Off State Health Improvement Planning 2020-2025

On September 20, 2019, the SHIP Coalition came together to consider a selection of findings from the draft State Health Assessment 2.0 (SHA 2.0) and take the first step in planning for future health improvement priorities to be included in the State Health Improvement Plan 2.0 (SHIP 2.0). The theme of many conversations through the day references the challenges faced in achieving health equity for all Connecticut residents. According to the CDC, health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to "attain his or her full health potential" and no one is "disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances."

 Summit Meeting Materials:

• SHIP Summit Agenda 
• SHIP Summit Summary 
  • Results: Social Determinants of Health Exercise 
  • Results: Jigsaw Exercise 
• SHA Findings Data Packet 
• Overview and Background of the SHIP 
• 2017-2019 SHIP Policy Agenda 
• SHIP Action Team Highlights 
• Social Determinants of Health and Group Activities 
• Suggested Self-Study Courses and Webinars on Innovation and Systems Thinking