These plans are reflections of the leadership and dedication of our communities to the lives of our fellow San Diegans, said Nick Macchione, director of the HHSA. These regional plans will continue to be living documents that evolve to reflect future strategies within each region to create safe, healthy and thriving communities.
In the Community Health Improvement Plan, regional community leadership teams produced enrichment plans, many of them already underway, that lay out priorities to help each region address the most important issues in their communities.
Some of the subjects of the plans include:
improving access to quality care;
increasing physical activity and support healthy eating;
Activate highlights community approach to health
By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com
LIMA Activate Allen County provided an update of its programs, as well as insights into some of its future goals in housing, suicide prevention and children’s health, during an online community stakeholder meeting held Tuesday.
The 45-minute presentation featured multiple local officials from the group’s various members laying out some of the larger problems they are hoping to address in the community in the next few years as part of its Community Health Improvement Plan.
For example, Mental Health and Recovery Services Board CEO Tammie Colon highlighted the relation between suicide and drug use to talk about some of the local efforts to reduce suicide rates. They include recruiting behavioral specialists, increasing the availability of Narcan and trying to target prevention among youth.
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