Summary

The Lee County’s Health Department seeks to utilize the collaborative strength of many community partners to identify and address health and quality of life issues in Lee County.

Community Partners

Community partners include, but are not imited to:  Local hospitals and medical/healthcare facilities, behavioral healthcare providers, religious organizations and other charitable groups which offer food services and shelter among many other services and items, the the Lee County Department of Social Services, Lee County Board of Commissioners, local law enforcement, and many more.

Many partnerships are supported by the LCHD Community Health Education and Promotion (CHEP) program who works closely in partnership with the community stakeholders and population.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Lee County’s Community Health Education and Promotion (CHEP) program is to enable lifelong learning for healthy lifestyles by empowering all Lee County citizens with education, environmental supports, and programming.

SERVICES PROVIDED

• Community Health Assessment and Evaluation
• Health Education Presentations
• Health Data collection, Analysis, and Interpretation
• Community Health and Resource Fairs
• Community Collaboratives
• Educational Trainings and Programs
• Resource Referrals by United Way’s NCCARE360 Platform

EXPERTISE AVAILABLE

• Healthy Eating
• Physical Activity
• Chronic Disease Prevention
• Health Department Services
• Child and Adolescent Health
• Healthy Aging and Elder Health
• Breastfeeding Support and Infant Feeding
• Infant Safe Sleep Practices
• Sexual Health and Teen Pregnancy Prevention
• Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention
• Arising Public Health Concerns
• Health Research, Data Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation
• Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change
• Grant Writing
• Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation

The importance of Scorecard/Clear Impact is to track the performance of our programs, measure the impact, and report the success of our mission to community stakeholders, increase transparency, inspire confidence with funders and motivate partners and volunteers.