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Community Health Indicators |
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Indicators highlight local public health
issues that contribute to leading a longer, healthier life
or the reverse premature death and disability. The
Health Department monitors these indicators in order to
target public health programs that improve community health
and evaluate the results of current local efforts.
Indicator Material
Currently a set of 30 community health indicators
describing Thurston County residents are available.
Indicators cross-cut a range of health topics including:
health behaviors, access to health services, mental health,
substance abuse, environmental health, chronic conditions
and social factors that influence health.
Detailed information about each indicator will be added
as it becomes available. Current topics are:
Criteria
The current list of community health indicators were
identified based on the following criteria.
- Address behaviors or conditions that are modifiable.
- Evidence-based policies or programs currently exist
to address the topic.
- Connect to current Health Department work.
- Address common local data requests.
- Local county-level data is available (at limited
cost).
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