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Orange County Community Health Assessment - Executive Summary | 11 Report Structure The 2011 Community Health Assessment report addresses these priority areas and other issues as they relate to the topics covered in various chapters. The report highlights such aspects as ensuring that disadvantaged communities have greater access to health providers that understand their culture and language, provide affordable preventive services, prescribe effective and efficient treatment for diseases, provide counseling services that encourage healthy habits and promote mental health, and reduce overall health care costs. The report is organized by chapters and sections that reflect key health areas, such as: social and economic determinants of health, like education, access to health care, transportation, and the built environment; physical and mental health; and environmental health. In discussing the health status and health-related issues in Orange County, the report covers most, if not all, of the topics covered in the 2009 report titled Prevention for the Health of North Carolina: Prevention Action Plan, prepared by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) Task Force on Prevention; and it takes into account the objectives, strategies, and targets recommended for 2020 in each of the focus areas covered by the 2011 report titled Healthy North Carolina 2020: A Better State of Health, prepared by the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Healthy Carolinians/Healthy Carolinians Governor’s Task Force, and the NCIOM. The report discusses Orange County health status in relation to the focus areas highlighted in Healthy NC 2020. Next Steps Next Steps Findings from this Community Health Assessment report will help influence strategic planning across the community. Healthy Carolinians of Orange County will assure broad dissemination of the full report so that entities contributing to the health of Orange County residents can develop new or modify existing programs, services, and resources to address the community health needs relevant to their stated missions. By mid-2012, the Healthy Carolinians of Orange County Partnership and committees will develop Community Health Action Plans detailing the strategies to be carried out to address the priority issues. The Partnership will continue to engage in ongoing evaluation, and will encourage collaboration between agencies and community groups to achieve better health outcomes. It is hoped that this report and its follow-up activities will be of use to community members and service providers alike, for all are working towards the goal of making Orange County a healthy place to live, work, and play.