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Studies & Reports by SHIP Recommendation Area
The DSHNA identified four priority areas of focus, and provided 14 recommendations to address them in the recommendations report.
Recent Delaware stakeholder reports and publications associated with priority areas are linked below.
Chronic Disease
Focus: heart disease, diabetes, and asthma.
- Census Tract-Level Cancer Incidence in Delaware, 2013-2017
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware, 2013-2017,
- The Impact of Diabetes in Delaware, 2021
- Dental resource guide
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Delaware, 2012-2016
- The Impact of Diabetes in Delaware 2019
- Physical Activity Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Comprehensive Plan 2010-2014
- The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Transient Ischemic Attack in Delaware, 2011-2015
- Secondary Analysis of Delaware’s Census Tracts with Elevated All-Site Cancer Incidence Rates in 2011-2015
Maternal and Child Health
Focus: teen pregnancy, premature births, and low birth weight infants.
- Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant Delaware FY 2019 Application/ FY 2017 Annual Report
- 2019 DHMIC and DPH Mini-Grant Awardees
- August 2019: Infant Mortality, Delaware Profile 2010-2017
- January 2020: NAS in Delaware: 2010-2018 Update
- June 2020: Reproductive Health, Delaware Profile 2012-2018
Substance Use Disorders
Focus: opioid epidemic, accidental overdose, and tobacco and e-cigarette use.
- State's annual review of opioid deaths recommends housing, trauma training, criminal justice reform
- Behavioral Health Consortium Three-Year Action Plan
- Behavioral Health Consortium Year One Progress Report, December 2019
- Delaware Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission
- Drug Overdose Mortality Surveillance Report
- The Drug Situation in Delaware 2020 - UNCLASSIFIED (7-2020).pdf
Mental Health
Focus: diagnosis (youth), suicide/suicide ideations, and the impact of trauma.
- Infographic-Behavioral Health:Black/African American Youth in Delaware.pdf
- From Trauma – Aware To Trauma – Informed
- Behavioral Health Consortium Three-Year Action Plan
- Behavioral Health Consortium Year One Progress Report, December 2019
System Wide
None of these recommendations can or should be implemented separately. To receive the biggest benefit, the DE SHIP must include policies on a system-wide basis.
- Healthy Brain Initiative State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia: The 2018-2023 Road Map
- Wilmington Police Department 2020 Year End Report
- complete 2020 Report
- Building People Power – Pace of Progress 2020
- Delaware’s Road to Value
- Health Equity Guide 2019
- Primary Care Physicians in Delaware 2018
- WILMAPCO Data Report Social Determinants of Health
- Delaware Health Care Spending Benchmark: Results of Preliminary Calendar Year 2018 Baseline Spending Analysis, 6/4/20