Marion County, Fla. — Marion County residents now have a brand new plan to realize higher general well being.

The Florida Department of Health in Marion County (DOH-Marion) on May 1 printed the 2023-26 Marion County Community Health Improvement Plan, or CHIP.

Drawing from knowledge present in Marion County’s 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment, the plan identifies particular objectives which can be supposed to assist the neighborhood obtain higher well being outcomes over the subsequent three years

“The completion of the Community Health Improvement Plan will help us take concrete actions to improve health in Marion County,” mentioned Mark Lander, Administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Marion County. “I’m grateful to the members of the Steering Committee who worked hard to produce this plan. The activities community members committed to perform will help make Marion County a healthier community.”

More than 35 representatives of neighborhood organizations assisted in creating the CHIP objectives, aims and actions. Steering Committee members represented organizations concerned in well being care, native authorities, social companies, schooling, regulation enforcement and enterprise.

The CHIP establishes 10 objectives beneath 4 strategic precedence areas, as decided by the Steering Committee. They embody:

Healthy Aging (HA)

Goal HA1:  Increase supportive care and companies for the getting older inhabitants.

Goal HA2:  Promote wholesome, energetic getting older for all ages.

Access to Care (AC)

Goal AC1:  Enhance entry to health-related assets.

Goal AC2:  Reduce major care supplier shortages in Marion County.

Wellness and Primary Prevention (WP)

Goal WP1:  Broaden availability of life abilities and technical coaching for Marion County residents.

Goal WP2:  Foster wholesome behaviors to decrease continual illness prevalence in Marion County.

Behavioral Health (BH)

Goal BH1:  Reduce excessive utilization calls of the 911 system from adults for psychological well being companies.

Goal BH2:  Educate suppliers and the neighborhood on the provision and accessibility of behavioral well being applications and companies in Marion County.

Goal BH3:  Expand entry to behavioral well being care amenities.

Goal BH4:  Advocate for the adoption of a complete tobacco management coverage for Marion County’s Ok-12 faculties.

Click here to read the 2023-26 CHIP.

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