Healthy Communities Policy Work
In Spring 2022, Get Healthy Utah received a two-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Utah Cancer Coalition to improve policy work in the state regarding healthy eating and physical activity. To achieve this objective, Get Healthy Utah:
- Developed a report on Public Health Policy Needs in the state (view webinar HERE)
- Partnered with the Utah Foundation to release three research reports as part of the Healthy Communities Research Series
- Organized a new coalition called the Healthy Utah Policy Group
- Partnered with the Utah Foundation and Guiding Our Growth to host the first-ever Healthy Communities Roadshow
Through this work, Get Healthy Utah identified ways to better engage the public health workforce in policy work, identified health policy gaps in the state, organized advocacy partners to address those gaps, and educated local-level leaders on the role they can play in promoting community health.