Advancing Health in South Carolina
IMPH serves as a convener to assemble evidence-based information relevant to policy decisions and other actions impacting the health and well-being of all South Carolinians.
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Health Impact Assessments (HIA)
An HIA is a combination of procedures, methods, and tools that judges the potential and effects of a policy, plan, or project on the health of a population and the effects within the population.
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The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), brought together stakeholders to discuss and develop an informational brief entitled Considering Sodium Intake Reduction Strategies in South Carolina. The purpose of the brief is to increase awareness about the role of sodium intake in population health and encourage sodium reduction strategies in South Carolina.
