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As part of the
process of developing an Action
Plan for the 2014-2019 period, Partners for a Healthier Community
held a public input session at the Greater Fall River Re-Creation Kick-off
to Summer event at Ruggles Park on June 21, 2014. This event was one of several opportunities that residents
had to review the Proposed Action
Plan and make comments and additions before it is adopted
at the end of the month.
The Action Planning Process began in September 2013 with the designation of eight short-term Task Forces
mobilized around a subset of issues related to the health of the community
which met to review the available data on both needs and assets,
including 129
Data Sources and 30
Videotaped Key Informant Interviews, and were then be asked to come up with a list of
no more than ten
recommendations, listed in order of priority. A comprehensive
data assessment for the four-town area was published in January 2014,
and additional meetings were then held in January, February and March with representatives of
populations who
are at greater risk. Finally, two
special meetings were convened to consider behavioral health issues
from a systems perspective.
The findings were then reviewed at a series of Community Health Assessment Forums in
April and May where representatives of all eight Task Forces were invited
to present their findings. Click
here for a two-minute 
video of the event. For more
information, contact Dr. Weed at 508-324-2405. (Bottom
row photos and video courtesy of Jennifer Espanola) |
