The OD reported that Ideas for increasing the health of the region range from holding more farmers markets, to working with schools to educate children on are health issues, to helping food pantries provide more fresh fruits and vegetables.
More than 200 people gathered at Hart’s Hill Inn Friday for the second regional health summit planned by a Regional Health Advisory Board to discuss areas identified as priorities in the area’s health: healthy mothers, babies and children; access to care; chronic disease and mental health and substance abuse.
“There are so many things we need to tackle together as a region,” said Phil Hayne, executive director of the United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area and chairman of the Regional Health Advisory Board. “We need to develop really clear strategies with how to help our communities.”
A recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin ranked Oneida County 54th out of 62 counties in the state for health status. Herkimer County placed 41st. Read more here.
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