#HealthierMO
Using passion, policy and partnerships to
build a stronger foundation for health
Our Blueprint
#HealthierMO is committed to helping all Missouri residents reach our full potential and live our healthiest lives. We're building a stronger, more resilient public health system that will be more responsive to the needs of Missourians.
We work actively with everyone who contributes to community health to ensure that each community has a skilled public health workforce, a strong network of partners, stable funding streams, policies, and a reliable system for service delivery.
These foundational public health capabilities support good health and well-being for all of us.
Our Model: Foundational
Public Health Services
Missouri's Foundational Public Health Services model defines a minimum set of fundamental capabilities and areas of public health expertise that must be available in every community.
Explore the model. Click on individual pieces or click and drag a capability to align with an area of expertise to learn more.
Coming soon!
FPHS Model Educational Tools
Coming soon!
FPHS Model Implementation Tools
Our Teams
#HealthierMO brings together public health and all the public, private, and voluntary partners that contribute to delivering essential public health services in Missouri. We leverage our diverse experiences, knowledge, expertise, and relationships in order to build a healthier Missouri for all of us.
Linda Cooperstock
Missouri Public Health Association
I am energized by the relationships being built in the interest of improving public health in Missouri. I'm seeing trust being improved between adn among the professional public organizations, health car,e and local public health.
Clay Goddard
Missouri Center for Public Health Excellence
This is perhaps the most important work I've been involved in over the course of my 23-year public health career. The future is now, and it is critical that we set a solid foundation for the next generation of public health professionals in Missouri.
Dennis Diehl
Missouri Institute for Community Health
There have been many individuals and groups that have historically worked to improve public health locally and throughout Missouri . . . The goal of HealthierMO is to engage every public health worker, agency, and partner in the public health system to work together to be able to provide the services needed to protect the health and safety of all Missourians.
Our Challenge
Missouri's public health system is made up of a state health department and 114 autonomous local public health agencies with varying governance structures and funding sources.
Universities, public and private organizations, non-profit entities, and many other groups and individuals contribute to building a strong, stable, and lasting foundation for community health.
Our Progress
Phase 1:
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Convene stakeholders and identify priority focus areas for public health system transformation.
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Facilitate collaboration among Missouri's professional organizations focused on public health.
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Develop a communication strategy
Phase 2:
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Identify foundational public health services and develop a model
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Conduct a capacity assessment of Missouri's public health system
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Facilitate collaboration among Missouri's professional organizations focused on public health
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Continue to grow understanding of and engagement in the initiative
Our Timeline
Our Voices
"We have to do a better job of living out the philosophy that quality of life is our unmovable driver and sell that to people."
Our Stories
Dips, Dance
and Dentists
Dade County
Opening a fitness center in this rural community didn't fit with traditional public health practice, but administrator Pamela Allen knew her community needed the resource to "live well."
Our Focus on Health Equity
Our Partners
Public Health Organizations of Missouri
Representatives from multiple professional organizations have united their voices and aligned their organizations to strengthen Missouri's public health system through collective impact.
They focus on advocacy, collaboration, communication, and workforce development.
Partners and Supporters
#HealthierMO is a grassroots effort, drawing energy from public health professionals across Missouri and the indidividuals and organizations who support public health. We depend on engagement from everyone who wants to help build a stronger foundation for health for every community so we can all reach our full potential and thrive!