Mental Health and Wellness

Healthy Eating, Acting Living. (HEAL)

Healthcare Access (Coming soon.)

Priorities 

Awareness and access to affordable, timely and quality health care

Priority Strategies  

• County-wide inventory of the resources that exist in both the private and public health systems 

• Reduce systemic barriers and complexities in the health care system 

• Community involvement in decision-making to advance solutions 

• Culturally competent community navigators and partnerships 

• Culturally-relevant role models to engage youth and establish healthy norms 

• Coordinated, multi-media outreach campaign (health education and resource fairs, bilingual outreach)

• Free health clinics in targeted communities and around the county 

• Broader access to affordable health insurance

Address social determinants of health

Priority Strategies 

• Coordinate with organizations and collaboratives currently working to address social determinants 

• Trauma-informed and multi-generational approaches 

• School-based early education social determinants and health outcomes 

• Broaden access to healthy food (i.e. mobile pantries, farmers markets, community-based food pantries) 

• Transportation (improve walkability to care) 

• Universal Wi-Fi for telehealth and technology to improve access to information and connections to care 

• Economic stability

Eliminating systemic racism and inequitable health outcomes 

Priority Strategies 

• Echo and amplify county-wide public stance denouncing racism 

• More equitable policies that impact health outcomes (state/federal insurance) 

• Areas/groups with biggest barriers 

• Adaptive systems to respond to changing community needs 

• Funding/grants for specific populations in need of health care 

• Multidisciplinary, team-based, care approach to identify disparities and ensure data is representative 

• Collect and share disaggregated, community-level data (zip code, race/ethnicity, income) to identify gaps 

• Training and education for health providers to strengthen cultural competency 

• Provider evaluation/accountability for improved and more equitable health outcomes

Results by 2030 

• All communities are healthy and safe 

• Improved physical and mental health and well-being 

• Improved quality of life and life expectancy

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