A high rate of sexually-transmitted diseases. A quarter of the residents are obese. Twenty-nine percent of women on Medicare do not get mammograms. Fourteen percent of its children are in homes below the poverty line. Although Wake County is ranked tops in the state in terms of the health of its residents, the state as a whole is ranked 34th across the country.
Monday the Wake County commissioners set up a Population Health Task Force to create a plan to improve the county’s overall health and well-being.
The plan will focus on policies and strategies to support healthy communities, active lifestyles and thriving residents.
“We’re working to improve the health and well-being of all of our residents by building a culture of health in Wake County,” said Chairman Sig Hutchinson, who will serve as chair of the task force. “Our health is influenced by so many social factors. This task force will focus on those factors and develop a plan to make the healthy choice the easy choice for our residents.”
While Wake County was named the healthiest county in North Carolina by County Health Rankings in 2016, there is still work to be done. Several measures that impact the health of Wake County residents need to be improved, including:
Physical Inactivity: 18 percent of adults over the age of 20 report they do not incorporate physical activity into their leisure time.
Children in Poverty: 14 percent of children under age 18 live in poverty.
Unemployment Rate: 4.8 percent of Wake County residents age 16 and older are unemployed, but seeking work.
The task force will be given the following charge:
Review existing methodologies, philosophies, systems and models to develop a common understanding of how other communities are currently impacting population health;
Collaboratively develop holistic recommendations that utilize existing models, strategies and systems, as well as new approaches, to address health disparities, create healthy communities, impact the built environment and make the healthy choice the easy choice; and
Recommend a system of outreach to impact all residents through community engagement, land use and transportation policies, employer programs, clubs and organization enrollment, communication with the faith community and government programs.
The task force will also work with existing local organizations such as the Advocates for Health in Action, the John Rex Foundation and the YMCA to further address the problems.
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The commissioners will appoint up to 25 community leaders to the task force. It will meet monthly for one year to deliver a tactical report to the board before May 2018.
