is comprised of community members who have The results of the needs assessment prompted the specific expertise (e.g., a representative of the health Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) to task department, a person enrolled in Medicaid) and a staff its Health Care Advisory Board with studying and liaison assigned to support the advisory board. [...] The In 2021, after months of study and discussion among advisory board was established by the BoCC to advise specialized subcommittees, the advisory board on the health-related needs of the county’s low- presented its recommended strategy to the BoCC. [...] A liaison from Alachua County participates 2016, the state has funded the implementation of in the project and will incorporate its findings into the this model through the establishment of centralized county’s plan. [...] Building The county’s department of health and human on the results of the 2022 community health needs services is part of the leadership team for Live Well assessment, the county’s department of planning used Wake, which also includes local hospital systems and geospatial mapping tools to develop a community community-based service providers. [...] 12 Advancing Health Equity through County Opioid Abatement Strategies CASE STUDY Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Health Equity Strategy COUNTY CONTEXT As the first county in the nation to formally declare racism a public health crisis, Milwaukee County is leading the way in modeling how principles of health equity can be integrated into the full range of services provided by county governments.
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