WNC Healthy Impact / Local Priorities and Reports

2024-2026 Local Community Health Priorities

Hover over the map of western NC below to view each county’s local health priorities.

1

Buncombe:

  1. Infant & Maternal Mortality
  2. Affordable Housing
  3. Substance Misuse & Mental Health
2

Cherokee:

  1. Access to Healthcare
  2. Chronic Disease
3

Clay:

  1. Mental Health/Substance Use
  2. Chronic Disease
4

Graham:

  1. Substance Use
  2. Mental Health
  3. Comorbidities (heart disease, obesity, diabetes)
5

Haywood:

  1. Mental Health/Substance Use
  2. Chronic Disease
  3. Social Determinants of Health
6

Henderson:

  1. Mental Health
  2. Chronic Disease
  3. Housing
7

Jackson:

  1. Mental Health
  2. Substance Use
  3. Healthy Eating
8

Macon:

  1. Mental Health
  2. Housing Affordability and Safety
  3. Food Insecurity
9

Madison:

  1. Chronic Disease
  2. Substance Misuse/Mental Health
10

McDowell:

  1. Substance Use
  2. Mental Health
  3. Access to Care
11

Mitchell:

  1. Housing Affordability & Availability
  2. Mental Health Issues (including depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and social isolation & loneliness)
  3. Food Access & Availability
12

Polk:

  1. Mental Health
  2. Substance Misuse
  3. Healthy Eating/ Active Living
13

Rutherford:

  1. Mental Health,
  2. Substance Use
  3. Food Insecurity
14

Swain:

  1. Chronic Disease
  2. Substance Use
  3. Mental Health
15

Transylvania:

  1. Mental Health
  2. Substance Use
  3. Maternal Health
16

Yancey:

  1. Healthy Eating/Active Living
  2. Behavioral Health
  3. Access to Care
17

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Non-THA year (2023)

  1. Mental Health
  2. Housing
  3. Safe and Healthy Built Environment

(CHIP Priorities)

Local Reports

Click on the name of the county below to find CHA/CHIP/SOTCH reports and contact information.

2024 Community Health Priorities in WNC

Priority wdt_ID # of Communities
Mental Health 1 16.0
Maternal Health/ Infant Mortality 2 2.0
Healthy Eating/ Active Living 3 3.0
Access to Care 4 3.0
Food Security 5 4.0
Housing 6 5.0
Chronic Disease 7 7.0
Substance Use 8 12.0
Healthy Built Environment 9 1.0
Social Determinants of Health 10 1.0
Priority # of Communities

2024 WNC Healthy Impact Health Priorities

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