10 Most Important Community Health Issues
2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
10 MOST IMPORTANT CO MMUNITY HEALTH ISSUE S
2010-2015 LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING CYCLE
AITKIN-ITASCA-KOOCHICHING
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Other (please specify): Growing diversity
Other (please specify): Poverty, education & unemployment
Other (please specify): Housing Affordability
Obesity
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Mental Health/Well-Being
Parenting-Family Systems
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): ATOD
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Uninsured and/or Underinsured
Other (please specify): Access to Services for Seniors
ANOKA
BENTON
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Other Drugs
Mental Health/Well-Being
Parenting-Family Systems
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): Safe Driving
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Violence
Income/Poverty
BLOOMINGTON
Other (please specify): Tobacco, alcohol & other drug use
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Obesity
Other (please specify): Low vaccination rates
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Other (please specify): Water quality and sustainable drinking
water
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Other (please specify): Transportation/Transit
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Prescription Drugs
Marijuana
Other Drugs
Mental Health/Well-Being
Breastfeeding
Teen Pregnancy
Parenting-Family Systems
Unintended Injuries
MDH Health Parterships Division
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10 Most Important Community Health Issues
2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Chronic Disease
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Foodborne Illnesses
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Individual/Family Preparedness
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
BLUE EARTH
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
BROWN-NICOLLET
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Suicide
Sexual Activity
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Other (please specify): smoking while pregnant
Other (please specify): MVA related to alcohol abuse
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Radon
CARLTON-COOK-LAKE-ST
LOUIS
Obesity
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Mental Health/Well-Being
Obesity
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Physical Activity
Oral Health
Eating Habits
Chronic Disease
Alcohol
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Tuberculosis
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Surface Water Quality
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Mental Health/Well-Being
Other (please specify): Lack of completing Preventive Services
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Sexually Transmitted Infections
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Dental Care Services
Environmental Disasters and Emergencies
Uninsured and/or Underinsured
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
Access to Dental Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
MDH Health Parterships Division
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10 Most Important Community Health Issues
2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
CARVER
CHISAGO
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Obesity
Physical Activity
Physical Activity
Alcohol
Eating Habits
Prescription Drugs
Mental Health/Well-Being
Other Drugs
Other (please specify): Nutrition and weight status
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): Cost of Healthy Food
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Other (please specify): Underage Alcohol Use
Vectorborne Disease
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Access to Dental Care Services
CASS
Surface Water Quality
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Individual/Family Preparedness
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Obesity
Other (please specify): Health Care Affordability and Access
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Mental Health/Well-Being
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Parenting-Family Systems
Transportation
Chronic Disease
Education
Other (please specify): Alcohol and Chemical Use/abuse
Employment
Other (please specify): Social Determinants of Health
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
Uninsured and/or Underinsured
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Employment
Other (please specify): Basic Needs
Food/Shelter/transportation r/t Poverty
COUNTRYSIDE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Parenting-Family Systems
Unintended Injuries
Oral Health
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
MDH Health Parterships Division
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10 Most Important Community Health Issues
2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Foodborne Illnesses
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Employment
Access to Dental Care Services
Income/Poverty
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Housing/Home Ownership
CROW WING
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Housing/Home Ownership
Other (please specify): public health funding
DES MOINES VALLEY
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Obesity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Physical Activity
Child Maltreatment
Eating Habits
Oral Health
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Chronic Disease
Alcohol
Other (please specify): Diabetes
Other Drugs
Other (please specify): Blood Pressure
Teen Pregnancy
Other (please specify): Heart Disease/Stroke
Parenting-Family Systems
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Employment
DAKOTA
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Other (please specify): Aging Problems
DODGE-STEELE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Obesity
Alcohol
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Prescription Drugs
Mental Health/Well-Being
Marijuana
Parenting-Family Systems
Other Drugs
Chronic Disease
Mental Health/Well-Being
Other (please specify): Risky Driving Behaviors
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Other (please specify): Cancer
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): Substance Abuse(Alcohol,illegal and
prescription drugs
MDH Health Parterships Division
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10 Most Important Community Health Issues
2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Other (please specify): Awareness of Health Related Resources
Organizational Preparedness
Other (please specify): Health Screenings/Preventative Care
EDINA
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Alcohol
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Access to Dental Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
FILLMORE-HOUSTON
Other Drugs
Unintended Injuries
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Other (please specify): Aging of the Population
Physical Activity
Other (please specify): Intentional Injury
Eating Habits
Other (please specify): Maternal and Child Health
Mental Health/Well-Being
Mental Health/Well-Being
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
Other (please specify): Infectious Disease
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): Alcohol, Tobacco, Other Drugs-ATOD
Other (please specify): Traffic Safety
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Other (please specify): Environmental Health
Access to Health Care Services
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
FARIBAULT-MARTIN
Access to Health Care Services
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Obesity
Other (please specify): Family Services
Physical Activity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Teen Pregnancy
Other (please specify): Adequate, Safe, Low-Income Housing
FREEBORN
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Immunizations
Obesity
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Food Safety
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Mental Health/Well-Being
Teen Pregnancy
Chronic Disease
MDH Health Parterships Division
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2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Radon
Other (please specify): Reduce illness/injury due to
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Individual/Family Preparedness
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
environmental conditions
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Environmental Disasters and Emergencies
Access to Health Care Services
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Dental Care Services
Access to Health Care Services
GOODHUE
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Other (please specify): Social conditions that impact health
HORIZON
Obesity
Eating Habits
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Mental Health/Well-Being
Obesity
Parenting-Family Systems
Physical Activity
Other (please specify): Chemical Health
Eating Habits
Other (please specify): Driving Behaviors
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Physical Activity
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Alcohol
Parenting-Family Systems
Chronic Disease
Uninsured and/or Underinsured
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Transportation
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Income/Poverty
Other (please specify): Community Impact of Aging
HENNEPIN
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Mental Health/Well-Being
Population on the Health Care Delivery System
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
ISANTI-MILLE LACS
Teen Pregnancy
Chronic Disease
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Other (please specify): Nutrition, obesity and physical activity
Obesity
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Other (please specify): Prevent and control infectious diseases
MDH Health Parterships Division
Physical Activity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Teen Pregnancy
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2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Education
Income/Poverty
KANABEC-PINE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Prescription Drugs
Marijuana
Other Drugs
Mental Health/Well-Being
Teen Pregnancy
Parenting-Family Systems
Sexual Activity
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Chronic Disease
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Environmental Disasters and Emergencies
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
Access to Mental Health Care Services
KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Violence
Sexual Activity
Other (please specify): Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Other (please specify): Motor Vehicle Injury (Renville)
Other (please specify): Poor Nutrition
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
Other (please specify): Aging Population with Chronic
Diseases
Other (please specify): Growing Diversity (Kandiyohi)
LE SUEUR-WASECA
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Unintended Injuries
Oral Health
Other (please specify): Cancer
Other (please specify): Cardiovascular Disease
Other (please specify): Diabetes
MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Physical Activity
Transportation
Eating Habits
Employment
Alcohol
Income/Poverty
MDH Health Parterships Division
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2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
Other (please specify): Cost-effective nutrition options for
low-income people
Other (please specify): Routine screening for chronic disease
Other (please specify): Wellness/prevention activities for the
elderly
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Access to Dental Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Transportation
MINNEAPOLIS
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Mental Health/Well-Being
Violence
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Other (please specify): Obesity, tobacco, eating habits and
physical activity
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Sexually Transmitted Infections
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Air/Air Quality
Foodborne Illnesses
Other (please specify): Healthy homes-lead, asthma, radon
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Other (please specify): Insufficient resources to address needs
of vulnerable populations
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Uninsured and/or Underinsured
MORRISON-TODD-WADENA
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Parenting-Family Systems
Unintended Injuries
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): ATOD - alcohol, tobacco and other
drugs
Other (please specify): Cancer
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Other (please specify): Social determinants of health housing, employment, poverty, etc.
Other (please specify): Aging demographic
MOWER
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Alcohol
Mental Health/Well-Being
Teen Pregnancy
Parenting-Family Systems
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Chronic Disease
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
Other (please specify): Health Disparities
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Other (please specify): Social & economic determinants of
health
MDH Health Parterships Division
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2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
NOBLES
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Obesity
Parenting-Family Systems
Other (please specify): Health Literacy and understnding the
health systems
Other (please specify): quality and affordable child care
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Other (please specify): Safe and affordable housing
Immunizations
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Radon
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Mass Dispensing
Organizational Preparedness
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
Access to Mental Health Care Services
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Access to Dental Care Services
Transportation
Other (please specify): Better cultural and ethic relations
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Transportation
Employment
Other (please specify): Support for seniors/elders in rural and
non-English speaking
NORTH COUNTRY
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Alcohol
Prescription Drugs
Other Drugs
Mental Health/Well-Being
Teen Pregnancy
Parenting-Family Systems
Chronic Disease
Employment
Income/Poverty
OLMSTED
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Mental Health/Well-Being
Chronic Disease
Other (please specify): Diabetes
Other (please specify): Asthma
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Education
Income/Poverty
Housing/Home Ownership
Other (please specify): Financial Stress
Other (please specify): Unemployment & low economic status
MDH Health Parterships Division
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10 Most Important Community Health Issues
2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
PARTNERSHIP4HEALTH
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
QUIN COUNTY
Mental Health/Well-Being
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Parenting-Family Systems
Chronic Disease
Obesity
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Immunizations
Prescription Drugs
Parenting-Family Systems
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Other (please specify): Unsafe/unsanitary Housing conditions
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Access to Health Care Services
Emergency Preparedness Exercises
Access to Dental Care Services
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Other (please specify): Health Care Services for the elderly
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Transportation
Access to Dental Care Services
Housing/Home Ownership
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
RICE
Transportation
Income/Poverty
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
POLK-NORMAN-MAHNOMEN
Mental Health/Well-Being
Violence
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Oral Health
Obesity
Other (please specify): Healthy Lifestyles (Nutrition/Physical
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Activity/Weight Status)
Teen Pregnancy
Other (please specify): Chemical Health
Unintended Injuries
Other (please specify): Maternal Child Health
Chronic Disease
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Chronic Disease
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Other (please specify): Drug abuse (alcohol, prescription, illicit)
Other (please specify): Infectious Disease/VPD
Other (please specify): Comormidities of behavioral and
physical health
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
Other (please specify): 65+ Adults living alone safely
MDH Health Parterships Division
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2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Other (please specify): Social Determinants of Health
Other (please specify): Climate change
RICHFIELD
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Access to Health Care Services
Obesity
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
Other (please specify): Isolation of Seniors
SCOTT
Prescription Drugs
Other Drugs
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Mental Health/Well-Being
Obesity
Breastfeeding
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Teen Pregnancy
Alcohol
Parenting-Family Systems
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Marijuana
Sexual Activity
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chronic Disease
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Other (please specify): aging of the population
Other (please specify): Community Clinics for Seniors
Other (please specify): Intentional Injury
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
Sexually Transmitted Infections
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Individual/Family Preparedness
ST PAUL-RAMSEY
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Alcohol
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Mental Health Care Services
SHERBURNE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Alcohol
Mental Health/Well-Being
Parenting-Family Systems
Other (please specify): Youth Risk Behaviors
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
Mental Health/Well-Being
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Violence
Other (please specify): Environmental Concerns
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Chronic Disease
MDH Health Parterships Division
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2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS, AND ASSIST
COMMUNITIES IN RECOVERY
Unintended Injuries
Individual/Family Preparedness
Chronic Disease
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Uninsured and/or Underinsured
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Other (please specify): Financial Stress
STEARNS
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Mental Health/Well-Being
Healthy Start for Children-Adolescents
Sexually Transmitted Infections
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Radon
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Health Care Services
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Access to Dental Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Other (please specify): Advanced Aging Population
WABASHA
Parenting-Family Systems
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Parenting-Family Systems
Sexual Activity
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Dental Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
Other (please specify): Integration of Newly Arrived Persons
SWHHS
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Mental Health/Well-Being
Unintended Injuries
Chronic Disease
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Immunizations
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Radon
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Access to Dental Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Transportation
Other (please specify): higher than statewide average of
elderly and nursing facility placement of elderly
Sexual Activity
MDH Health Parterships Division
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2010-2015 Local Public Health Assessment and Planning Cycle
WASHINGTON
WINONA
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Obesity
Physical Activity
Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke
Alcohol
Mental Health/Well-Being
Other Drugs
Chronic Disease
Mental Health/Well-Being
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Sexual Activity
Groundwater Quality
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
ASSURE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH
SERVICES
Access to Mental Health Care Services
Access to Health Care Services
Other (please specify): Lack of afforable healthcare
Access to Mental Health Care Services
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Other (please specify): Health Equity
WATONWAN
Access to Dental Care Services
WRIGHT
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Obesity
Mental Health/Well-Being
PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHY
BEHAVIORS
Violence
Obesity
Chronic Disease
Physical Activity
Marijuana
Mental Health/Well-Being
Teen Pregnancy
Sexual Activity
Other (please specify): Alcohol use & driving among youth
Other (please specify): food access
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
Unintended Injuries
Other (please specify): Chemical Health
Other (please specify): Unplanned Pregnance
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Other (please specify): Infectious Disease
PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS
Other (please specify): Environmental Health as it relates to
Human Health
OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES
Income/Poverty
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