Isanti County Community Health Needs Assessment

1. Isanti County Community Health Needs Assessment Nicki Klanderud- Allina Health Sarah Motl- Isanti County Public Health

2. Identifies and describes factors that affect the health of a community, and factors that that determine available resources to address those factors. • Collect, analyze and use data to prioritize issues • Engage the community What is it?

3. Started in Spring 2018 • MAPP Process • Mobilizing Action Through Planning and Partnerships • 4 large stakeholder meetings August 2018-January 2019 • Conversation in a box Isanti County Process

4. Stakeholders from throughout the county • Visioning • We commit to having a vibrant, engaged, and compassionate community in which all individuals achieve their ideal physical, mental, spiritual, social, and economic well-being • Data • Prioritization • Root Cause Stakeholder Meetings

5. 18.8% of adults report having difficulty participating in social activities because of mental or emotional health issues Data: Adult Mental Health

6. Data: Youth Mental Health

7. Data: Youth Substance Use

8. Youth: • Only 35.7% of youth feel that their community cares about them quite a bit or very much • Adults: • 18.8% of adults report having difficulty participating in social activities because of mental or emotional health issues Data: Lack of Social Connectedness

9. Top 3 Needs Identified • Mental Health (Adult Well-Being, Youth Suicide) • Youth Substance Use (Alcohol and Tobacco) • Lack of Social Connectedness • Dug deeper into “why” Prioritization and Root Cause

10. Get more community member feedback • Two-Page package • Collected information for over a month • ECFE parent groups, support groups, LAC, faith groups, veteran groups, Allina Health staff, PTAs, ACT, TRIAD, Lakes and Pines…. Conversation in a Box

11. Allina Health and ICPH are working to create strategies • Creating goals, objectives and action steps • Identifying community partners • Living document that will continue to be revised over the next 3 years Currently

12. GOAL: Reduce substance use/abuse to protect the health, safety, and quality of life for the youth in Isanti County • OBJECTIVES • Educate and communicate with communities around available youth substance use programs, resources, and services • Implement prevention and intervention programming and policies to address youth substance use Youth Substance UseAlcohol and Tobacco

13. GOAL: Improve mental health and well-being, and reduce suicide in the community through increased awareness and access to care, programs, and services • Objectives: • Educate and communicate with communities around available mental health programs, resources, and services • Promote skill building programming to help identify and assist those in crisis and increase resilience Mental Health: Adult Well-Being and Youth Suicide

14. GOAL: Support the community in promoting and enhancing meaningful social relationships and work to increase social connectedness across all stages and ages of life • OBJECTIVES: • Create a plan to support existing activities that build social connection • Support and create new activities that promote a sense of community spirit and belonging • Support local efforts to engage more people in community volunteering and citizenship activities Lack of Social Connection

15. Work with partners to create new marketing/promotion strategies for existing resources • Work with partners to increase accessibility to existing resources • Support and implement new strategies and programs to address gaps Strategies and Activities

16. Where do you see yourself, your company, your organization fitting into this plan? Get involved

17. Nicki Kanderud • Nicole.Klanderud@allina.com • Sarah Motl • Sarah.Motl@co.isanti.mn.us Questions?