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County Health Priorities

Regional Health Collaborative

Discover information about the top three health priorities currently, alongside issues identified in surrounding counties.

County Health Priorities & Issues

County Bladen (2018) Brunswick (2019) Colombus (2019) Duplin (2018) New Hanover (2019) Onslow (2018) Pender (2018) Robeson (2017) Sampson* (2019)
Priorities Exercise, Nutrition & Weight Substance Misuse Chronic Disease Prevention Chronic Disease Prevention & Management Drug Misuse Exercise, Nutrition & Weight Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders Chronic Disease Access to Health Services
Substance Abuse Access to Health CareChronic Conditions Drug Abuse Prevention Access to Care Chronic Disease Substance Abuse Nutrition & Physical Activity Substance Misuse/Mental Health Diabetes
Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health (New & Emerging Issue) Underlying theme of aging Obesity Disaster Recovery & Mitigation Mental Health Other Chronic Diseases (Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Kidney Disease) Cancer Education & Prevention Social Determinants of Health Economy
Substance Use Environmental Health Exposure Obesity Exercise, Nutrition & Weight
Obesity Heart Disease & Stroke
Prevention & Safety
Respiratory Diseases
Social Environment
Substance Abuse

Top Three Common Priorities

  • Substance Misuse
  • Chronic Disease Prevention & Management
  • Obesity/Exercise, Nutrition, Weight

*Sampson County divided priorities to focus on between Sampson County Health Department and Sampson Regional Medical Center. The health department’s priority areas from the list are diabetes and substance abuse. The hospital’s priority areas are diabetes and obesity (exercise, nutrition and weight).

Source: Region 8 Counties County Health Assessments (CHA) and State of the County Health Reports (SOTCH) Reports

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