By Janet Wolf
San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) has completed a Community Health Assessment, a component of the overall public health improvement planning process for the health district encompassing Archuleta and La Plata counties.
“SJBPH is proud to share this assessment with the community as Archuleta and La Plata counties launch individual health departments in 2024 following SJBPH’s dissolution,” stated Interim Executive Director Brian Devine. “It is our hope that this assessment will prove invaluable to informing the path forward for each new public health department,” Devine added.
Every five years, San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) takes a close look at the health and wellness needs of Archuleta and La Plata counties through a Community Health Assessment. This assessment seeks input from community members to identify the top priorities among our residents, providing an opportunity to strategically develop and fund public and environmental health programs relevant to those needs. It reflects the responses of over 1,500 community members, as well as targeted population data collected from focus groups and key informant interviews.
Devine added, “It has been our privilege to serve Archuleta and La Plata Counites as your local public health agency for the last 75 years. As we bring our existence as an independent agency to a close, we hope the community finds this information useful as a reference in the coming years.”
The 2023 Community Health Assessment is available on the SJBPH website at the SJBPH website..
Janet Wolf is Interim Chief Strategy Officer with San Juan Basin Public Health.