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Lewis County public health outlines five‑year priorities including housing stability, mental‑health supports and suicide prevention
Summary
The county public health director proposed five priorities — housing stability, anxiety/stress, suicide prevention, adverse childhood experiences and smoking cessation — and identified evidence‑based interventions and local partners to pursue over the next five years.
Ashley Waite, director of Public Health, presented the Lewis County Community Health Improvement Plan with five priority areas recommended for the next five years.
Waite said the priorities were selected by the health department together with local health and human services agencies and are framed by the New York State Prevention Agenda. The five priorities and example interventions are:
- Housing stability and affordability: conduct a community assessment of housing and rentals, support community land trusts/land banks, and form a housing committee to coordinate…
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