The
Ashe County Health Council:
A Healthy Carolinians Task Force
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wellness and to involve people in the planning and education necessary
to meet their needs.
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- Access to Health Care: Information and Referral
System
- Chronic Disease: Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease
- Community Health: School Based Health Center,
Emergency Medical Services
- Environmental Health: Lead Poisoning
- Health Promotion: Nutrition, Physical Fitness,
Tobacco
- Infant Mortality: Intense Home Visitation
- Infectious Diseases: Immunization
- Injury: Domestic and Child Abuse, Suicide
- Mental Health: Increasing the Proportion of
Adults who receive Treatment
- Older Adult Health: End of Life Care
- Oral Health: Preventative Dental Service for
Children
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- Dental Clinic: Established a Dental Clinic for Children, in
collaboration with the Ashe Partnership for Children; Permanent
Dental Facility expanded at the Ashe Health Department for needy
Children
- School Based Health Center at Ashe Middle School
- ASHE- A Safe Home for
Everyone: Program to meet the needs of Domestic Abuse victims:
Establishment of Domestic Abuse Shelter
- Diabetes Management: Self-Management Program established; ongoing
Diabetes Support Group; Promotion of Diabetes Resources conducted
in collaboration with local Lion’s Clubs
- Suicide Task Force: Promoted awareness of issues surrounding
Depression with two "Sunshine Sunday" events; andoverall
increase in Mental Health awareness noted
- Walking Trail constructed in Foster-Tyson Park, Jefferson.
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- Recipient of the William G. Anlyan Community of Excellence Award,
1999
- NOVA award, 2000
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Nancy Kautz, Community Outreach Coordinator
Ashe Memorial Hospital
Phone: (336) 246-7101
Fax: (336) 246-0783
Email: landnrr@skybest.com
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content updated: acw-02/07/02
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