Montana Index for
Healthy Communities
RESOURCE HUB
Welcome to the Montana Index for Healthy Communities (MT IHC) Resource Hub!
The MT IHC is a health and social needs index that quantifies the social, economic and healthcare-related factors that influence the health of Montanans. This hub is your source for accessing data, important resources, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Social Factors
Historically marginalized populations, education, household structure, food access and more.
Economic Factors
Employment, income and poverty, housing and transportation, marginalized people and more.
Healthcare-Related Factors
Disease prevalence and prevention, health insurance, health behaviors, and more.
Why use a social needs index?
Many health outcomes are associated with non-clinical factors such as access to stable housing or healthy food. A social needs index like the IHC can identify opportunities to improve health through investing both within and beyond the healthcare delivery system. Data can show you domains with high levels of need (such as food insecurity, internet accessibility or provider availability) as well as the geographic areas with highest levels of need. This data will help your organization prioritize investments, partnerships, or programs with the potential to have the greatest impact on improving the health of your community.
The IHC includes scores for 8 socio-economic domains
Housing & transportation
Employment
Education
Connectivity
Household structure
Income & poverty
Food access
Historically marginalized populations
The IHC includes scores for 6 health-related domains
Disease prevalence
Disease prevention
Health insurance
Provider supply
Treated prevalence
Health Behaviors
