Twyla Paige
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The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is a strategic framework that identifies priority health issues and strategies to address the complex and persistent health challenges that affect all residents. In Middlesex County, the Governmental Public Health Partnership (GPHP) and Office of Health Services engages local health departments, hospitals, community service providers, local businesses and other partners to assess community and clinical linkages and coordinate resources. The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) helps to guide agencies in creating new policies and aligning programs and services that define a vision of health within Middlesex County.

The top priority health issues identified through the CHIP process were (but are not limited to):

• Access to Health Care and Information
• Coordination of Communication among Community Partners
• Promoting Healthy Behaviors
• Disease Specific Issues: Focus on Obesity, Diabetes and Mental Health

The existing Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plans as well as affiliated reports are as follows:

• Healthier Middlesex: Working Together
• Hackensack Meridian Health-Raritan Bay Medical Center (Old Bridge & Perth Amboy)
• Hackensack Meridian Health - JFK Medical Center
• Penn Medicine - Princeton Health System

Plans and Assessments

Resources

For more information on CHIPs, please visit:

New Jersey Department of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention