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State Health Assessment: Overview and Request for Public Feedback

Overview and Priorities

The Division of Public Health convened a group of staff and partners beginning on May 10, 2016 to complete a State Health Assessment and identify, based on the data, three to five priorities to be addressed in a State Health Improvement Plan.

The Team met three times to review data from a variety of sources and discuss the health issues highlighted by the data. At the conclusion of the third meeting, participants voted on their priorities and the top five were selected as those for which we would develop goals, objectives and strategies and track results over the next four years. Those priorities are:

  • Obesity, Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Unintended Pregnancy
  • Tobacco Use, including e-cigarettes
  • Infant Mortality/Perinatal Health
  • Access to quality and culturally competent care, including integration of physical, mental and oral health

Public Feedback

The last step in our process before developing the State Health Improvement Plan is to get input from the people of North Carolina about the work completed to date.

Below are the presentations of data the group reviewed, and a link to a survey for providing feedback to us about the State Health Assessment, including the selected priorities. You may also provide information about other data that we did not look at that you believe is important to review.

We appreciate you taking the time to review the files and provide your feedback!

Presentations

State Health Assessment Feedback Survey

Please review the files linked above and complete the short survey below to provide feedback regarding the state health assessment.

State Health Assessment Feedback

Partners

Invited partners included: Department of Public Instruction, UNC School of Public Health, NC Chamber of Commerce, El Pueblo, representatives of our military and tribal communities, NC Alliance for Health, UNC-Wilmington, NC Pediatric Society, NC Boards of Health Association, NC Child, NC Public Health Association, AHEC, NC Dental Society, Department of Agriculture, Commission on Indian Affairs, NC Medical Society, NC Hospital Association, NC Association of Local Health Directors, NC Minority Health Council, Division of Water Resources, and within DHHS, the Divisions of Social Services; Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services; Medical Assistance; Aging and Adult Services, and the Office of Rural Health.