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What Is
Healthy Cabarrus?
Healthy Cabarrus, a Certified Healthy Carolinians Partnership, is a
collaborative alliance of community representatives and leaders from
healthcare, government, business and industry, community service
agencies, medical service providers, the general population and the
faith community. Recognizing that many of today's community
health problems are too complex for one group or agency to solve
alone, our mission is to unite together to commit our time, talents,
and financial resources to the creation of a healthy community.
Healthy Cabarrus was recognized at a state level when it received
the William G. Anlyan Award. Named for Dr. William Anlyan, who was
the first chairperson of the Governor's Task Force for Healthy
Carolinians. The award is given to a certified Healthy Carolinians
partnership that has distinguished itself in the community work it
has accomplished. Healthy Cabarrus received the award at the annual
Healthy Carolinians Conference when it received it's 2005
recertification.
Healthy
Cabarrus Priority Areas and Task Force Groups
Setting priorities based on community needs assessment allows us to
focus on the real needs of the community. Priority issues being
addressed by Healthy Cabarrus include:
· Access to Dental Care
· Health Disparities: Access to
Healthcare and Prescription Medications; Prostate Cancer in African
American men
· Mental Health
· Substance Abuse/Tobacco
· Teen Health Issues
Through collaboration we maximize our community resources and are
recognized by grantors and foundations as standing ready to work
together in solving problems. To date we have established community
task forces that are working on Access to Dental Care and Teen
Issues. In addition, we initiate action to address access to
healthcare issues and are active on boards and committees studying
transportation issues in our community. We actively partner with
other groups and agencies in planning and grant writing efforts to
bring services and programs to
For more information about the Healthy Cabarrus Task Forces, please
follow the below links:
Healthy Cabarrus Advisory Board
Healthy Cabarrus Dental Task Force Healthy Cabarrus Access to HealthCare Task Force
Healthy Cabarrus Teen Task Force
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