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Indicators of Local Health

The 2015 Community Health Assessment in Island County
included data from the following indicator categories.

Demographics
& social physical health care health morBiDity
environment environment access & Quality Behaviors & mortality

Age Ground Water Provider Availability Pregnancy & Birth Physical Health
Quality
Race & Ethnicity Health Insurance Immunization Mental Health
Drinking Water Coverage & Screening
Household Status Birth Outcomes
Quality
Marital Status Zoonotic Disease Emergency Violence Hospitalizations
Room Use
Income & Poverty Food Service Avoidable Substance Abuse Chronic and
Employment & Establishment Safety Hospital Nutrition Non-Communicable
Disease
Military Status Readmissions Physical Activity
Transportation
Education Communicable
Parks & Open Space Disease
Housing
Air Quality Disability
Leading Causes
of Death

HEALTH PRioRiTiEs The following four core
priorities emerged
iDEnTiFiED from the Community
Health Improvement
Plan processes.
Methodology

After completing the Community Health Assessment, staff members of Island 1 Access to Health Care
County Public Health and members of the Island County Community Health
Advisory Board applied a scoring framework to 145 health indicators. Those 2 Housing
scoring results, along with community survey and focus group responses, 3 Interpersonal Abuse
revealed eight broad areas of concern. A workshop in February 2016 invited
community participants from more than 40 organizations to interpret and 4 Depression and Suicide
evaluate the assessment data and make some determinations about
community health needs and significance. These issues are the focus
A second workshop in April 2016 utilized an audience response system of the community health
exercise—a method for polling individuals for their views. Participants were improvement plan that will
asked to rank the magnitude and logistical feasibility of addressing the major be implemented over the
health challenges facing county residents. Facilitated discussion groups next three years.
followed, broadening the scope of the methodology.

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