HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-19-2008-3aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 19, 2008
Action Agenda
Item No. 3 - 0-
SUBJECT: Presentation of 2007 Community Health Assessment Results
DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Executive Summary and CD with full
Community Assessment
(To be Provided Under Separate
Cover at the Meeting)
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosemary Summers, 245-2411
Bobbie Jo Munson, 968-2022
PURPOSE: To present the results of the 2007 Community Health Assessment to the Board of
Commissioners.
BACKGROUND: The Health Department is charged with conducting a comprehensive
community health assessment every, four years. A comprehensive community health
assessment must include primary and secondary data collection, a thorough analysis process, a
process for community selection of priorities to be addressed, and the formation of action plans
to address selected priorities over the upcoming four years. 2007 was Orange County's
comprehensive assessment year. Along with Health Department staff and the Board of Health,
the Healthy Carolinians Council of Orange County once again took a leadership role in ensuring
that there was widespread community involvement in data gathering, analysis, priority setting,
and writing of the assessment document. More than 50 agencies and over 200 community
members were either interviewed or provided substantial involvement in the process.
There are areas of celebration and areas of concern for County. This will provide an opportunity
to present these findings to the Commissioners and to the broader community.
The five priorities chosen by the community for focus over the next four years include in order of
priority:
. • Access to health care and health insurance
• Health promotion
• Mental health and substance abuse
• Physical activity and nutrition
• Transportation
There is opportunity for community members to become involved in fashioning appropriate
responses and plans to improve these priorities through committees set up by Healthy
Carolinians. Interested community members are encouraged to contact Bobbie Jo Munson at
968-2022.
The full assessment document is available in hard copy at each of the public libraries and is
available on the County website at www.co.orange.nc.us/health/documents/2007CHA Final.pdf.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with receiving this report and
executive summary. Grant funds through the North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services and through the Kate B. Reynolds Foundation will help support the development and
implementation of plans developed by committees and will assist in the production and
distribution of the executive summary.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the assessment
and executive summary and express its appreciation to the Healthy Carolinians Council for its
leadership in this project.