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Yates County Public Health reports measles wastewater detection, releases 2025–2030 CHA/CHIP priorities
Summary
Public Health reported a positive measles wastewater detection (no human cases confirmed as of July 29), several foodborne illness investigations, and completion of a Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan that sets priorities on economic stability (housing), social/community context, and healthcare access through 2030.
Alyssa Broome-Quissimisse, Director of Yates County Public Health, told the Human Services Committee the county recorded a positive measles wastewater detection as of July 29 but had no confirmed human measles cases. She said the department is monitoring a Pennsylvania measles outbreak and continuing preparedness work. Public Health also reported two Campylobacter and one E. coli foodborne investigations, distributed 560 tick prevention kits, and announced a free rabies clinic scheduled for Aug. 11.
Broome-Quissimisse also presented the completed Community Health Assessment and the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHA/CHIP) for 2025–2030. She said Choose Health Yates selected three priority domains for the five-year plan: economic stability (focusing on housing stability and affordability), social and community context (including anxiety and stress), and health-care access and quality (with emphasis on chronic disease prevention and control). The committee accepted the public-health report as information and discussed a contract amendment (S2AY/Pivital Public Health Partnership) to be forwarded to the Legislature for execution.
