Welcome to CHI...

The Center for Health Improvement is a national, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving population health and encouraging healthy behaviors. For nearly 15 years, our team of public health, health services research, and health policy experts has worked to address the causes underlying America's increasingly unhealthy population.

Focusing on health promotion and disease prevention, CHI employs a systems approach, using evidence-based analyses to translate knowledge gained through research into policies and practice, supporting community-based programs that target change at multiple levels, and crafting broad awareness-raising strategies.

CHI envisions a future in which the health and well-being of all individuals is fully enabled by the organizations and communities where they live and work. Our work aims to effect change across the lifespan:

Children's Health
Infectious Disease Prevention
Worksite Wellness
Health Care Quality
Chronic Disease Management
Healthy Aging

Prospects for Health Care Coverage in 2010 - February 4 Forum

Agenda and background materials:

Agenda

Supporting State Policymakers' Implementation of Federal Health Reform

Building a National Insurance Exchange: Lessons from California

Congressional Health Reform Proposals

Updated: Health Reform and Small Business

California Task Force on Affordable Care

CHI Is Hiring A Program Specialist

The Program Specialist will support the success of the Center's active and emerging programs through developing and assembling a relevant content base and coordinating effective program implementation.

New Brief Emphasizes Policy Changes, Healthy Communities as Key Strategies to Tackle Obesity in California

This policy brief, "Tackling Obesity by Building Healthy Communities: Changing Policies Through Innovative Collaborations," published in December 2009, highlights the importance of evidence-based policy changes in home, school, work, and community environments.

Miss Our Latest Policy Forum?

Access presentation materials and background resources from our 'Addressing the Health Impacts of Climate Change: What Progress Is California Making?' forum held Dec. 17.

CHI Board Members Have New Positions

Neal Kohatsu, MD, MPH, chairman of CHI's board of directors, is now chief of the Medi-Cal Policy Section of California's Department of Health Care Services. Barbara De Buono, MD, MPH, vice-chair of CHI's board, is chief medical officer and global director of public health and social marketing for Porter Novelli.

Learn More About CHI

Download our brochure and an overview of our services, programs, and customers.

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