{"id":13174,"date":"2025-04-07T13:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=13174"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:55:47","slug":"2025-rappahannock-area-health-district-community-health-assessment-released","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2025-regional-news-releases\/2025-rappahannock-area-health-district-community-health-assessment-released\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Rappahannock Area Health District Community Health Assessment Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 7, 2025<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>RAHD Media Contact: <\/strong>Allison Balmes-John, <a href=\"mailto:Allison.Balmes@vdh.virginia.gov\">Allison.Balmes@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>MWHC Media Contact: <\/strong>Eric Fletcher, <a href=\"mailto:Eric.Fletcher@mwhc.com\">Eric.Fletcher@mwhc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2025 Rappahannock Area Health District Community Health Assessment Released<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Community Health Improvement Planning Process Begins<\/em><\/p>\n<p>FREDERICKSBURG, Va. \u2013 The final version of the 2025 Community Health Assessment for the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford and the City of Fredericksburg is now available. The assessment examined multiple data sources to better understand key issues, who may be most affected by these issues, and available resources to act.<\/p>\n<p>The assessment identified five key health issues facing the region (listed in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aging-related concerns<\/li>\n<li>Behavioral health<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare utilization and access<\/li>\n<li>Physical activity and healthy eating<\/li>\n<li>Social determinants of health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full report is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/rappahannock\/\">www.vdh.virginia.gov\/rappahannock\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the assessment complete, the project now moves into developing a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). In this planning phase, the Rappahannock Area Health District, Mary Washington Healthcare and other community-based organizations will work together to set goals and commit to strategies to improve the key issues.<\/p>\n<p>The first meeting to develop the CHIP will take place on Thursday, April 10 from 11-12:30 p.m. at the John F. Fick III Conference Center, located at 1301 Sam Perry Blvd. in Fredericksburg. The meeting is open to community members, and registration is available at \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/g\/m6XvKyHrvm\">forms.office.com\/g\/m6XvKyHrvm<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 7, 2025 RAHD Media Contact: Allison Balmes-John, Allison.Balmes@vdh.virginia.gov MWHC Media Contact: Eric Fletcher, Eric.Fletcher@mwhc.com 2025 Rappahannock Area Health District Community Health Assessment Released Community Health Improvement Planning Process Begins FREDERICKSBURG, Va. \u2013 The final version of the 2025 Community Health Assessment for the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford and the City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":0,"parent":12292,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[62,287],"class_list":["post-13174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-community-health-assessment","tag-community-health-improvement-plan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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