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8 <br />Celebrating Success! <br />• Strong long established partnerships <br />• Collaboration between public and private sector <br />• Healthy Carolinians structure that fosters and <br />encourages collaboration <br />• Excellent health care system <br />• Excellent schools <br />Orange County Acts <br />• Health Department through Healthy Carolinians <br />examines local data every four years <br />• More than 45 community agencies involved <br />• Last Community Health Assessment in 2007 <br />• Four priority areas were selected by the community <br />- Obesity/health prevention and promotion <br />- Adolescent health with emphasis on reducing drug and <br />alcohol use <br />- Mental health and substance abuse (adults) <br />- Child health especially preventing child abuse and neglect <br />• Committees plan and carry out projects in each area <br />