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IPLAN Web Site Features
The IPLAN Web site offers a data system containing 102 health indicators, which are available at the county-level. Thirty-nine of these indicators are available at the community-level. Illinois data is included on all county-level and community-level reports. Data can be charted, sorted and saved by using the data manipulation tool.

Sharing Health Assessment Results Electronically (SHARE) is the collection of all the health priorities set during IPLAN Process Round 1 and Round 2. These health priorities can be looked up by user-defined criteria.
What is IPLAN?
The Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) is a community health assessment and planning process that is conducted every five years by local health jurisdictions in Illinois. Based on the Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health (APEX-PH) model, IPLAN is grounded in the core functions of public health and addresses public health practice standards. The completion of IPLAN fulfills most of the requirements for Local Health Department certification under Illinois Administrative Code Section 600.400: Certified Local Health Department Code Public Health Practice Standards. The essential elements of IPLAN are:
  1. an organizational capacity assessment;
  2. a community health needs assessment; and
  3. a community health plan, focusing on a minimum of three priority health problems.
IQuery - the next generation of IPLAN Data System
IQuery - Community Health Data Query System
new 08/01/2012
IQuery is a web-based data query system for collecting and disseminating public health data. A primary goal of IQuery is to expand the capability of the IPLAN Data System by offering tools that data managers can use in adding and managing data and improving the functionalities for searching, presenting and analyzing public health data. To access IQuery, click http://iquery.illinois.gov.
IPLAN News
Turning Data into Information, Part 1   02/22/2013 New

The two-part "Turning Data into Information" webinar will share practical approaches and resources for local health departments (LHDs) related to data analysis, interpretation and presentation. This introduction to public health data analysis will focus on how to turn raw community health assessment data into useful information and using data to tell a story. more...

Engaging Communities and the Media   04/05/2011

This Webinar focuses on the required components for the IPLAN submission. The presenters will review each required component and the specific needs for the written document. This training will focus on actually pulling all your work together and writing your IPLAN to meet the certification requirements for IPLAN reviewers and also for your other potential audiences; rather than teaching how to conduct IPLAN or how to complete the components for the IPLAN process. more...

Putting it All Together: Writing Your IPLAN   03/25/2011

This Webinar focuses on the required components for the IPLAN submission. The presenters will review each required component and the specific needs for the written document. This training will focus on actually pulling all your work together and writing your IPLAN to meet the certification requirements for IPLAN reviewers and also for your other potential audiences; rather than teaching how to conduct IPLAN or how to complete the components for the IPLAN process. more...

Turning Data into Information   09/15/2010

This workshop will focus on practical skills to enhance the participants' ability to turn data into information that can inform public health planning processes. The workshop will begin with a refresher on statistical concepts and terms and progress to exploring methods for clearly presenting data to maximize informational content. A primary focus will be on techniques to graphically display data for communicating information. This session is presented by Mark Edgar, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). more...

Moving From Stakeholder Engagement To Ownership And Accountability   06/28/2010

Public health is, by its very nature, community-driven. Even the best media campaigns and evidence-based practices will fail in the absence of community stakeholder support. We have learned and embraced the importance of engaging stakeholders and partners in our work. Despite this knowledge, we sometimes fall short of making the most of those key partnerships. Whether you are trying to move from "warm bodies at the table" and verbal commitments of support to meaningful engagement and agreement or even meaningful engagement to action and accountability, this session will help you assess the effectiveness of your coalitions and committees and develop a plan to move forward. This session is presented by Kim McCoy, BA, MS, MPH, a Community Health Planner at the Minnesota Department of Health. more...


Illinois Dept. of Public Health
Division of Health Policy
IPLAN Section
(217) 782-6235

Springfield, Illinois U.S.A.