Southwest Health and Human Services community health assessment and planning

Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock, Redwood

Priority health issues (2020)

This community health board noted the following priority health issues in 2020, and is specifically addressing the starred issues in its community health improvement plan.

• Aging population
• * Child maltreatment
• * Health inequity of specific populations
• * Mental health
• Neighborhood and built environment (quality of housing, transportation access, access to healthy foods, neighborhood crime and safety)
• Obesity
• Oral health
• Physical activity
• Substance use: Tobacco and secondhand smoke
• Substance use: Other illicit drugs (meth, cocaine)

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: Scroll down and click on "2020-2024 SWHHS community health improvement plan"

Contact member health departments

• Southwest Health and Human Services (SWHHS)