Eastern Plumas Health Care will host a town hall meeting on Nov. 15 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at their Portola Campus Education Center. Dinner will be served.
EPHC wants to understand the needs of their Eastern Plumas community and to be proactive in their plans to provide the services this community needs the most. Please take this opportunity to discuss your health care needs with EPHC’s Chief Executive Officer, Tom Hayes and Plumas County Public Health Director, Mimi Hall.
Also, EPHC is working with the Plumas County Public Health Agency and other area health and community organizations to come up with a plan to improve the health of all of our county’s residents. The Public Health Agency has spearheaded a county wide Community Health Assessment that measures 1. how income and unemployment, access to care, and availability of health insurance, impacts the health of county residents; and, 2. how individual behaviors including nutrition, physical activity, and the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, affects health.
After assessing these various health factors, the Plumas County Public Health Agency, EPHC, other county health organizations, will implement a Community Health Improvement Plan, using grant funds provided for this purpose, beginning in Spring 2013. Look for their website: www.healthyplumas.org after May 1, 2013.