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Washington County selects poverty, tobacco use and preventive care as community health priorities
Summary
A new county community health assessment finds Washington County has higher rates of certain chronic diseases and smoking; the health department selected economic stability (poverty), tobacco/e‑cigarette use, and preventive services for chronic disease as priority areas and will submit an improvement plan to the State by June 30.
Staff member (S12) presented a community health assessment compiled over about a year using stakeholder and public surveys and county data. The assessment shows Washington County is similar to other New York counties on population health but worse than New York on social and economic factors; S12 said the county is ‘‘about the same as other counties in New York’’ for well‑being and better than the national average on that measure.
Key findings cited by S12 included a demographic profile with…
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