Violence and Injury
Prevention Program
Office of Health Promotion and Prevention
Utah Healthy Places Index
The Utah Healthy Places Index (HPI) is a powerful and easy-to-use data and policy platform created to advance health equity through open and accessible data. It's an evidence-based and peer-reviewed tool that can help support efforts to prioritize equitable community investments, develop critical programs and policies across the state, and much more. Neighborhood-by-neighborhood, the Utah HPI maps data on social conditions that drive health — like education, job opportunities, clean air, and other indicators that are positively associated with life expectancy at birth.
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Utah's strategic framework is a plan for the prevention of violence and injuries through a shared risk and protective approach.
For the past 35 years, Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) has endeavored to prevent and minimize the harm caused by injuries and violence. VIPP has learned a lot over these years and have valued our collaboration with you, our partner.
Prevention science indicates social determinants play a significant role in our health and safety. These determinants, or risk and protective factors, are key to determining how to address community health and safety issues. The greater the number of risk factors, the greater the chances of adverse outcomes over the lifespan.
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