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Local coalition outlines suicide-prevention training, drug take-back and Healthy Utah application
Summary
The Health in the Heights coalition, led by chair Chelsea Voss, told the Ottawa Heights City Council it has completed phase 1 of its Communities That Care work, collected SHARP survey data, ran a drug take-back that gathered 76 pounds of medication and will run a community QPR suicide-prevention training on June 11 as it pursues Healthy Utah designation.
Chelsea Voss, chair of the Health in the Heights coalition, updated the Ottawa Heights City Council on the group’s first six months of work, reporting several community health activities and near-term plans.
Voss said the coalition has completed phase 1 of the Communities That Care framework, including a key-leader orientation on April 30 that drew 16 attendees and local partners such as school district and health professionals. “We had a lot of engagement,” Voss said, noting participation from the mayor, school board administrators, a physician and youth leaders.
The coalition highlighted a community drug take-back event on April 26 that collected 76 pounds of medications, which Voss described as preventing drugs from being misused or entering the water system. She added that roughly 38 community members attended the event, youth volunteers helped promote the effort and seven naloxone kits were distributed.
Voss also previewed an upcoming QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) suicide-prevention training for the public on June 11 and said the coalition conducted an internal QPR training with 18 members. “Depending on the response that we get from this, we would like to do this on a regular basis,” Voss said, urging broader community participation.
The coalition is preparing an application for the Healthy Utah designation, which recognizes communities that have implemented evidence-based strategies across active living, access to healthy food and mental health. Voss said the local application is due in August for recognition in the fall and that the coalition will select six strategies for the application.
Council members thanked the coalition for outreach and asked staff to help publicize the training and other resources. The council expressed support for continuing the drug‑take back and for the coalition’s youth engagement and logo‑contest plans for Butlerville Days. The presentation concluded with the mayor thanking the coalition for its work and encouraging future updates.
