North Country Health Improvement Planning Summit Addressing & Improving the Health of Our...
-
Upload
homer-shelton -
Category
Documents
-
view
212 -
download
0
Transcript of North Country Health Improvement Planning Summit Addressing & Improving the Health of Our...
North Country Health Improvement Planning Summit
Addressing & Improving the Health of Our Communities
Supported By:Jessie B. Cox Fund for Health of the New Hampshire Charitable FoundationEndowment for HealthUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRobert Wood Johnson Foundation
North Country Health ConsortiumThe North Country Health Consortium (NCHC) is a rural health network, created in 1997, as a vehicle for addressing common issues through collaboration among health and human service providers serving Northern New Hampshire. NCHC is engaged in activities for:
• Solving common problems and facilitating regional solutions
• Creating and facilitating services and programs to improve population health status
• Health professional training, continuing education and management services to encourage sustainability of the health care infrastructure
• Increasing capacity for local public health essential services
• Increasing access to health care for underserved and uninsured residents of Northern NH
NCHC Member Organizations• 45th Parallel EMS• Ammonoosuc Community Health
Services• Androscoggin Valley Home Care• Androscoggin Valley Hospital• Center for New Beginnings• City of Berlin, Public Health and
Home Health Nursing• Coos County Family Health Services• Cottage Hospital• Dartmouth Medical School• Family Resource Center• Franklin Pierce Physician Assistant
Program• Grafton County Human Services• Indian Stream Health Center• Jane MacKay• Littleton Regional Hospital• LRGHealthcare• Mid-State Health Center
• Morrison Nursing Home• NH Catholic Charities• NH DHHS, Rural Health and Primary
Care Section• North Country Home Health &
Hospice• Northern Human Services• Personal Touch Home Care• Plymouth State University, Center for
Rural Partnership• ServiceLink• Tri-County Community Action
Program• Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital• Weeks Medical Center• White Mountains Community
College
Welcome
Why We’re Here:
We’re here today because we know that when communities come together and collaborate we can move the North
Country forward to a healthier place.
Overall Health
• 18% of Coos County residents have poor to fair health
• Statewide only 11% of residents have poor to fair health
Substance Abuse
• The North Country has a highest number of per capita DUIs in the state.
• The North Country has the highest number of per capita substance abuse-related emergency room visits in the state.
• More than 40% of North Country High School students report drinking on one or more of the last 30 days.
Obesity
• 29.4% of North Country residents are Obese
• 39.4% of North Country residents are Overweight
You’re here today to begin the process of addressing these and other issues important to
your community
Agenda8:45am-9:30am County Health Rankings Presentation
Julie Willems Van Dijk, RN, PhD9:30am-10:15am Snapshot of New Hampshire’s Health Profile
José T. Montero, MD, MPH10:15am-10:30am Break
10:30am-11:15am Success Stories: “A Healthy Community –Together We Can” Mary Kushion, MSA
11:15am-12:00pm What We Heard from You How our communities have prioritized health factors
12:00pm-12:45pm Lunch
12:45pm-2:15pm Facilitated Breakout Sessions: How to make it work
2:15pm-2:30pm Break
2:30pm-3:15pm Putting it All Together and Next Steps Outcomes from strategy breakout sessions
3:15pm-3:30pm Evaluation and Wrap Up
Goals for the DayBy the end of the day, participants will be able to:
• Examine the major health issues facing the North Country and the Sate
• Discuss ways other communities have chosen to address these issues
• Evaluate the health issue(s) most affecting residents in your community
• Identify strategies to address the issue or issues
• Identify the next steps necessary to implement these strategies