WUFT News, January 16, 2013
With the county ranking in the bottom 25 percent based on factors such as chronic illness and death, according to a news release, a new awareness program is necessary, said Marion County’s Health Department spokesman Craig Ackerman.
Marion County partners are developing the Community Health Improvement Plan, also known as CHIP, which will raise health care awareness throughout the county.
This is not just another health care project, Ackerman insisted.
“The first thing we are planning to do is to bring together a group […]