DOH-Santa Rosa uses a collaborative, data-driven process to identify the region’s most significant health challenges, reflecting the Florida Department of Health’s mission to protect, promote and improve the health of all Floridians.
We use the MAPP 2.0 framework and extensive community input, and have highlighted priorities such as mental health, obesity, substance abuse, food insecurity, child abuse, and access to care. The framework also identifies barriers that affect residents’ ability to achieve optimal health, which include affordability, transportation, and provider shortages.
DOH-Santa Rosa collaborates with DOH-Escambia, healthcare providers, non-profit organizations, and universities for this process. This two-county process happens on a three-year cycle.
current health improvement priority areas:
- Mental Health
- Substance Use
- Healthy Community
- Child Safety
- Food is Medicine
- Health Care Access