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Environmental Statistics, telephone surveys, interviews with key <br /> informants and focus groups with specific target groups . <br /> The preliminary report was presented to a task force meeting on <br /> September 6, 1996 . A follow-up meeting was held on November 6, 1996, <br /> to prioritize the problems identified in the assessment . Using state <br /> of the art electronic technology, participants in the meeting ranked <br /> the problems using two factors : "Impact and Willingness to Act" . The <br /> attached letter from Moses Carey, Chair of the Healthy Carolinians Task <br /> Force, lists the priority issues which scored high on both criteria. <br /> The full task force will meet again mid-April to choose two or three <br /> issues from the attached list upon which working groups will be <br /> established to create action plans . These action plans will result in <br /> grant applications for community-based approaches to alleviate the <br /> problems identified. Because of the broad community representation on <br /> the task force, we are optimistic that grant funding will be available <br /> to support community-based priorities . <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : To receive as information for discussion. <br />