1. State Statute Requiring State Health Plan
   250.07 Public health planning. (1) The department shall:

   (a) By January 1, 2010, and at least every 10 years thereafter, develop a public health agenda.
   (b) Initiate, conduct and periodically evaluate a process for planning to use the resources of the state to meet the health needs of residents and, in conjunction with other state agencies, to implement the objectives that relate to state government in statutes or in public health rules promulgated by the department. The process shall involve representatives from public health organizations, governmental agencies and the general public.
   (c) Provide technical assistance to local units of government for the development of local public health plans.
   (d) Serve as the state lead agency in coordinating the activities within state government involving the collection, retrieval, analysis, reporting and publication of statistical information and other information related to health and health care.
   (1m) The public health council shall monitor implementation of any document developed by the department under sub. (1) (a) and shall advise the governor, the legislature, the department, and the public on progress in implementing the document and coordination of responses to public health emergencies.
   History: 1993 a. 27; 2003 a. 186; 2005 a. 198.
   NOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 186, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.

2. Wisconsin Minority Health Leadership Council (DHFS) - Synopsis

3. Evidence-Based Practices for Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 (DPH)
   This Web site was developed by the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) to encourage the use of evidence-based practices in the implementation of Healthiest Wisconsin 2010. Users of the site can select a health priority and find summaries of evidence-based practices for each objective.

4. Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 Public Health and Policy Horizons Conferences (DPH)
   Wisconsin was one of five states invited to apply for transition funds from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to present Public Health and Policy Horizons conferences. Their purpose was to showcase data, information, and policy that will strengthen Wisconsin's public health system capacity to respond to 21st century emerging threats and challenges and protect the health and safety of the public. Wisconsin held two (repeating) conferences in 2006. Webcasts of both conferences are available.

5. Wisconsin County Health Rankings (UW Population Health Institute) - Synopsis
   This annual publication used extensively by local health departments for tracking progress and identifying areas for improvement: most current report. The website includes full documentation for the current report and prior years.

6. Making Wisconsin the Healthiest State Project (UW Population Health Institute)
   The objective of this four-year UWSMPH Partnership Program funded project is to identify the most effective investments for and to monitor Wisconsin's progress towards becoming the nation's healthiest state with less health disparity. The two primary goals of this research and translation effort are to:

   1. Assess Wisconsin's population health in a way that can be periodically compared with the population health of other US states (using existing secondary data)
      • Health of Wisconsin Report Card: (Synopsis) and full report
      • Other Healthiest State publications: these include reports on the leading causes of premature death by life stage in Wisconsin and measuring the burden of non-fatal illness.
   2. Develop an evidence-based plan so that we can efficiently achieve and maintain the goal of being the healthiest state with less disparity. This phase will involve systematic reviews of relevant literature and solicitation of expert input
      • Healthiest State Phase II Topics: based on the monitoring work in the first phase of the project, 18 key topics (risk factors or determinants) were identified for further review. One crosswalk shows the relationship between these 18 topics and Wisconsin's leading conditions/diseases (both fatal and non-fatal). A second crosswalk shows the similarities and differences between these 18 topics and the 11 health priorities from the 2010 State Health Plan.
      • Opportunities to Make Wisconsin the Healthiest State: this report compares Wisconsin's performance for a variety of measures under each of these 18 topics to that of the best state in the US, the worst state, the US average, and to Minnesota.
      • Program and Policy Worksheets by Topic: to date, the evidence on effectiveness of programs and policies intended to address 8 of the 18 topics has been summarized.
   
   

7. Wisconsin Public Health System Performance Assessment (September 27 and 28 Summit)

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