Comprehensive Health Strategic Plan

VISION

By 2020, Summit County will be a community that offers acomplete continuum of high quality mental and physical healthservices to all of its residents. Services will be both affordable andculturally appropriate. Furthermore, community members andguests will know what services are available and how to accessthose services. Additionally, Summit County residents will maintainhealthy lifestyles through participation in a variety of nutrition,recreation, health promotion, and wellness programs.

2008 Summit County Comprehensive HealthStrategic Plan

SUMMIT

COUNTY,

COLORADO

Prepared by theHealth AssessmentSteering Committee

Natalie BoyerPaul ChodkowskiDeb Crook Thomas DavidsonDennis FlintSteve HillDennis NemuraDon ParsonsRandall Reitz Tom RoseLee Zimmerman

2008 Summit County Comprehensive Health Strategic Plan

Prepared by theHealth Assessment Steering CommitteeNatalie BoyerPaul ChodkowskiDeb Crook Thomas DavidsonDennis FlintSteve HillDennis NemuraDon ParsonsRandall ReitzTom RoseLee ZimmermanProcess Facilitation and Draft Plan Preparation by Gini Bradley

Adopted by the Summit County Board of County CommissionersThomas A. Long, Robert French, Chairman Thomas C. Davidson

June 10, 2008Resolution No. 2008 - 36

The

Summit County Board of County Commissioners extends an acknowledgement and thanks to theHealth Assessment Steering Committee and to all the participants involved in the development of thestrategic plan. Fiscal partners involved in the health assessment and the strategic plan included theColorado Health Foundation, the Summit Foundation, Summit County Government, Summit PreventionAlliance, and the Summit Community Care Clinic.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

..................................................................................................................1

II. INTRODUCTION

................................................................................................................................2 A. Purpose of the Plan.........................................................................................................................2B. Plan Organization............................................................................................................................2

III. PLANNING PROCESS

.......................................................................................................................3 A. Plan Development...........................................................................................................................3B. Underlying Community Influences...............................................................................................4C. Key Partners.....................................................................................................................................5D. Target Populations..........................................................................................................................5E. Vision Statement..............................................................................................................................5

IV. GOALS AND PRIORITIES

...............................................................................................................6 A. Goal and Priority Statements.........................................................................................................6B. Short Term Priority Strategies.......................................................................................................81. Mental Health: Detox and Triage Unit..............................................................................82. Mental Health: Mental Health Service Continuum.........................................................103. Affordability: Economics of Scale.....................................................................................134. Affordability: Prenatal Care.................................................................................................155. Affordability: Community Care Clinic Expansion...........................................................176. Awareness: Central Location for Health Information....................................................197. Awareness: Health Care Navigation System....................................................................21C. Overview of Long Term Strategies...............................................................................................231. Presence of Care: Away From Home Care Continuum.................................................232. Nutrition and Lifestyle: Active Community Environments..........................................253. Awareness: Medical Home.................................................................................................264. Awareness: Media Involvement.........................................................................................27

V. CONCLUSION

.......................................................................................................................................28 A. Conclusion and Action Items........................................................................................................28B. Summit County Board of County Commissioners Resolution................................................29

VI. APPENDICES

........................................................................................................................................30 A. Appendix A: List of Narrowed Strategies...................................................................................30B. Appendix B: List of All Brainstormed Strategies......................................................................31C. Appendix C: List of Steering Committee Members..................................................................33D. Appendix D: List of Community Presentations about Needs Assessment Results.............34E. Appendix E: List of Planning Process Participants..................................................................35