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Manchester health director previews needs assessment, cites drop in teen births and fewer overdoses
Summary
Public Health Director Genna Thomas told the Manchester Board of Health and Senior Services Commission the department is compiling a triennial community needs assessment and highlighted recent public-health gains — including a sharp decline in teen births and a reduction in overdoses — while warning work remains on aging and injury prevention.
Genna Thomas, public health director for the Manchester Health Department, told a joint meeting of the Board of Health and the Senior Services Commission on June 30 that the department is conducting a required community needs assessment and strategic plan that will inform citywide priorities.
Thomas said the assessment, prepared in collaboration with major local health providers, will combine high-level community measures with program-specific data. "We do this in collaboration with the major health care providers and any of them who have a fund balance of a $100,000 or more," Thomas said. She named Dartmouth Health and Amisket Health among partners and said the document includes school-level measures, such as how many children experienced homelessness during the school year.
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