Optimizing Public Health Data for Better Community Health Outcomes

November 20, 2024 Centering People in Public Health Data: Centering People in Public Health Data: PHAB Strategic Data Plan PHAB Strategic Data Plan 1

What is PHAB? PHAB sets the direction for public health in Oregon sets the direction for public health in Oregon and monitors progress toward population health goals. PHAB advises OHA on policy, provides guidance for statewide public health issues, and completes many legislative deliverables. PHAB s responsibilities are in law: ORS 431.123. Members are Governor appointed. 2

Who serves on PHAB? Member expansions in 2017 and 2023 through legislation Tribal representative CBOs (urban and rural) Health equity expert Education representative 21 members (18 voting and 3 non- voting) Serve up to two four-year terms Leadership provided by a Chair that serves up to two two-year terms 3

Statutory responsibilities Development of statewide policies and goals Public health modernization funding and priorities Accountability metrics Public health modernization funding formula and incentives PHAB is responsible for other public health initiatives including the State Health Assessment, Healthier Together Oregon (the State Health Improvement Plan) and the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. 4

2024 priorities PH Accountability metrics Strategic Data Plan Funding and priorities for 2025 modernization funding formula Public health system workforce plan Health Equity Framework 5

Strategic Data Plan A Public Health Advisory Board plan for data 6 6

What is the strategic data plan? A set of recommendations developed by a PHAB subcommittee to provide recommendations developed by a PHAB subcommittee to provide strategic direction for changing public health data systems, processes and strategic direction for changing public health data systems, processes and methods methods so they are more accessible, useful and reflective of community members experiences Aligned with Public Health Modernization and centers the diverse needs of partners from across the state 7

Guiding values Decision-making through community engagement Data justice Equitable data representation for all Oregonians Data equity Invest in deep, lasting community partnerships Community engagement 8

Data justice OHA and communities must work together to define a new data governance model that divests from data practices that have harmed historically marginalized communities, empowers community leadership in how data are used and stories are told, and ultimately better serve all Oregon communities. Goals Define and commit to data rights and governance Elevate community-identified issues Support data sovereignty and governance PHAB Strategic Data Plan 9

Data equity As the producer and collector of data, it falls to the Public Health Division to develop tools and resources that increase the ability for partner organizations to access and use the data. Goals Provide accessible data that s community or culturally specific. Data should be sortable, as far as possible, by race, ethnicity, disability, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, geography, and proxies for faith and other statuses/ experiences Develop working definitions of actionable data to direct community engagement PHAB Strategic Data Plan Develop toolkits for data work at all levels of use 10

Data equity Goals (continued) Invest in different data collection strategies, including Census-style methods Identify different paradigms of data collection and advocate for future data efforts. Improve survey translations Improve communication on survey activities Add community-responsive questions to existing surveys Develop data collection oversight 11

Community engagement To prevent the suppression of community voices in data, we must find more ways to uplift community perspectives in our methods without constraining them for the sake of long- standing and outdated misconceptions of clarity and control. Goals Develop a framework to incorporate community developed data Provide ongoing engagement Support workforce and data engagement PHAB Strategic Data Plan 12

Public Health Division Commitments Review whether OHA should be engaging in or investing more time/ resources in community participatory research, qualitative research, or community engagement toward these ends. Review existing and develop additional opportunities for collaboration with statewide and regional data collection and analysis systems, including health care. Request staff to include process measures for accountability on activities and progress during the next review. Ensure staff provide updates on these and aligned projects from the Public Health Division. 13

PHAB meets the 2 PHAB meets the 2nd nd Thursday of each month from 3:00 Thursday of each month from 3:00- -5:30. Meetings are open to the public. Meetings are open to the public. 5:30. healthoregon.org/phab The full strategic data plan can be found The full strategic data plan can be found here here 14

Thank you Thank you You can get this document in other languages, large print, braille or a format you prefer free of charge. Contact [Program Contact name] at [email] or [phone number] (voice/text). We accept all relay calls. Public Health Division Office of the State Public Health Director