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Southwest Health and Human Services community health assessment and planning
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Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock, Redwood
Priority health issues (2024)
This community health board noted the following priority health issues in 2024.
- Access to dental care services
- Access to health care services
- Access to mental care services
- Economic stability (poverty, income, employment, food security, housing stability)
- Health inequity of specific populations
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Neighborhood and built environment (quality of housing, transportation access, access to healthy foods, neighborhood crime and safety)
Community health improvement plan
A community health improvement plan guides a community health board and its community partners on work to improve the health of its population.
Public Health Assessment and Planning - Southwest Health and Human Services
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Last Updated: 01/13/2026