Healthcare
Healthcare Committee Chairperson is Carlton Allen.
Healthcare Committee Members
2013 Objectives
Identify the real unmet healthcare needs in Smith County for the purpose of developing or expanding services to meet the needs of the target population by December 2013.
Prior to conducting the Comprehensive Community Assessment, network members identified the following priorities for access to healthcare:
Within this field we recognize the needs of sub-populations including the following:
Healthcare Committee Members
2013 Objectives
Identify the real unmet healthcare needs in Smith County for the purpose of developing or expanding services to meet the needs of the target population by December 2013.
Prior to conducting the Comprehensive Community Assessment, network members identified the following priorities for access to healthcare:
- Identify providers and services
- Identify costs
- Education and awareness
- Analyze 211 data
- Identify the gaps
Within this field we recognize the needs of sub-populations including the following:
- Chronic substance abuse
- Elderly
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless
- People with English as a second language
- Persons with cognitive disabilities
- Persons with HIV/AIDS
- Persons with less than a high school degree / GED
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Severely mentally ill
- Unaccompanied youth (under 18)
- Undocumented immigrants
- Veterans
- Victims of domestic violence
- GLBTQ (Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning)
