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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
HOSTS HIV/AIDS STRATEGIC PLANNING
MEETING
On july 16, 2007, the Rockingham County Healthy
Carolinians Access to Health
Care Committee hosted the meeting, in which representatives from
�Rockingham
County Department of Public Health and
•Central
Carolina Health Network discussed the current care issues for
those with HIV/AIDS as well as the most needed additional types of
care for those persons.
Click here to view the Power Point for the meeting.
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The Rockingham County
Healthy Carolinians is a Certified Partnership of the Governors Task
Force. The mission of the Partnership is to advocate, guide, and assist
Rockingham County in planning and implementing health care strategies to
promote healthy lifestyles, improve health status and to increase the
years of quality living for all residents in the county. In order to
accomplish the mission the Partnership recruits various health agencies,
businesses, faith organizations, and the general population to work
together to address health issues and concerns.
The Rockingham County
Healthy Carolinians Partnership consists of a Steering Committee. Each
Steering Committee
member is:
- Responsible in
guiding the vision of the Partnership and addressing the broader issues
of the county
- Provides direction
to the workgroup’s determining its activities and focus
- Maintain that the
Partnership is addressing the Standards for Certification provided by
the Office of Healthy Carolinians and the Governors Task Force
Community Health
Assessment
The Rockingham County
Healthy Carolinians and its partners conduct a Community Health Assessment
every four years. The Community Health Assessment identifies health
concerns that the citizens of Rockingham County would like to address.
These health concerns are identified as the Priority Areas. The
Rockingham County Healthy Carolinians Partnership responds to these
Priority Areas by organizing the community to work together to improve the
health status within the Priority Area.
Priority Areas
- Access to Health
Care
- Overweight/Obesity
- Lack of Preventive
Measures
- (Lack of) Ability
to Attain Basic Needs
- Unemployment
2007 State
of the County Health Report
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