Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP)

About SHIP

The Minnesota Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) seeks to create sustainable, systemic changes in schools, worksites, communities and health care organizations to make it easier for Minnesotans to incorporate healthy behaviors into their daily lives.

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SHIP, an integral part of Minnesota's nation-leading 2008 health reform law, strives to help Minnesotans lead longer, healthier lives by preventing the chronic disease risk factors of tobacco use and exposure, poor nutrition and physical inactivity.

Watch this brief two minute video to better understand SHIP.

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The Statewide Health Improvement Partnership

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