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Board hears draft Community Health Assessment showing higher rates of diabetes, strokes and cardiovascular disease
Summary
The Board was briefed on a near-final Community Health Assessment indicating East Orange has higher levels of diabetes, strokes and cardiovascular disease compared with Essex County and New Jersey; staff plan to circulate results to stakeholders and present findings to the board soon.
Valencia Maponya, HHS director, told the Board that the Community Health Assessment was nearing completion and that initial findings showed higher prevalence of diabetes, strokes and cardiovascular disease in East Orange than in Essex County and the state. She also flagged elevated rates of low birth weight and said she had shared preliminary findings with the mayor and planned to provide stakeholders a finalized report.
Maponya said she would draft a cover letter to conclude the assessment process and suggested presenting the assessment results in a PowerPoint at the next board meeting. President Christine Harris said the board should receive feedback because the assessment process had been ongoing for months and board members had not recently been updated.
Board members did not vote on any action tied to the assessment during the meeting; Maponya said the department intended to distribute the finalized assessment to stakeholders before making it public.
