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Policy

Policy & Planning
The public health function of developing recommendations or solutions to public health issues is called policy development. Policy recommendations are found in legislation, local ordinances, or program decisions. Closely linkes to policy is planning. Planning functions in public health include conducting community health assessments; monitoring health trends, collecting and analyzing health status data, and providing program evaluation.

Community Health Assessment
The Assessment document is in a pdf file (Adobe® Acrobat® 6.0). The complete document is 290 pages and may take a significant amount of time to open if you have a dial-up connection. For summary information on each part please open the Introduction below which includes a Table of Contents. If you wish to view specific parts of this document please see the topic areas below.

Community Health Assessment - Entire Document
(see above paragraph before opening the complete document)

Parts of Assessment (pdf)
Introduction (including Table of Contents)
Saint Paul - Ramsey County Demographics
Chronic Disease
Infectious Disease
Children, Youth and Families
Environmental Health
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Quality and Accessibility to Health Services
Appendixes

If you have any questions or comments regarding the Saint Paul - Ramsey County Community Health Assessment please Ask PH.

Community Health Services Advisory Committee (CHSAC)
The Saint Paul - Ramsey County Community Health Services Advisory Committee (CHSAC) is a citizen advisory commimittee composed of Mayoral and County Board representatives that review the work of the Department of Public Health.
more information | next meeting | agendas and minutes

Public Health Strategic Plan 2008-2012
The Strategic Plan outlines the goals and core issues that will guide the work of the Saint Paul – Ramsey County Department of Public Health for the next five years. The Plan was created with input from over 600 residents, public health staff, community partners, and the Community Health Services Advisory Committee. The community is encouraged to work with the Department to improve, protect, and promote the health, the environment and the well being of people in Ramsey County. | Strategic Plan 2008-2012

Ramsey County 2030 Comprehensive Plan
This update to the comprehensive plan presents information related to Ramsey County's role in addressing land and public infrastructure issues within the County. It was developed and adopted by the County Board in February 2010 to meet the requirements of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act and the Metropolitan Council's 2030 Regional Development Framework. | Ramsey County 2030 Comprehensive Plan

Demographics
Demographic information (census data) for Ramsey County is included in the Community Health Assessment. If the information you are seeking is not available in our plan, please visit the US Census Bureau. Ramsey County Demographics | US Census Bureau

Health Disparities
Information describing the issues affecting people of different income, race, ethnicity can be found with the individual parts of the Saint Paul - Ramsey County Community Health Assessment. Information for all counties in Minnesota can be found through the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). | MDH

If you have any questions or comments regarding the Saint Paul - Ramsey County Community Health Assessment please email Ask PH.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
When you visit our clinics or receive our health services, you may be asked to review a HIPAA information sheet and to sign a form indicating you read and understand the HIPAA information.

You have privacy rights under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other state and federal laws, rules and regulations. These laws protect your privacy but allow us to give information about you to others if the law requires or permits it. We are required to keep your health information private and to give you notice of our legal duties and practices to protect private information. | HIPAA

Documents & Reports
Solid Waste Master Plan (pdf)
City of Roseville Recycling Pilot Program - Final Report (pdf)
City of Roseville Recycling Pilot Program - Executive Summary (pdf)

Ordinances
Administrative Ordinance (pdf)
Food Protection Ordinances (pdf)
Hazardous Waste Ordinance (pdf)
Lodging Ordinance (pdf)
Mobile Home Park Ordinance (pdf)
Public Health Nuisance (pdf)
Public Swimming Pool Ordinance (pdf) | Minnesota Pool Codes (Minnesota Rules, Parts 4717.0150 to 4717.3975)
Smoke Free Ordinance (pdf)
Solid Waste Ordinance (pdf)
Youth Camp Ordinance (pdf)

2009 Business Recycling and Solid Waste Management Practices Survey
Since 1995, Ramsey County has had a telephone survey of businesses conducted periodically to determine reported participation in recycling programs, to assess solid waste management challenges, to measure results toward County outcomes, and to gain specific information for solid waste planning purposes. Ramsey County has a strong history of measuring results associated with waste management, of which the business recycling and solid waste management survey has been a key element. The survey provides information on a variety of issues, such as trends on types of materials businesses recycle, challenges businesses face in trying to recycle, where they would go for information on buying recycled products, and how important in their business decisions is reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Many of the survey questions are repeated to help illustrate trends over time in waste management behavior. Other questions are modified to help shed light on emerging issues. The most recent business surveys were conducted in 2005 and 2007 (a residential survey is also conducted every other year, most recently in fall of 2008). | 2009 Business Recycling & Solid Waste Management Practices Survey Executive Summary (pdf) | 2009 Business Recycling & Solid Waste Management Practices Survey Final Report (pdf) | For more information AskEH