Georgia Department of Public Health - District 4
FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FAYETTE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
March 2015
Fayette County Health Department
District 4 Public Health
2015 Fayette County Community Health Assessment
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Table of Contents
Vision .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
What is a Community Health Assessment?.......................................................................................................... 3
Fayette Leading the Way! .................................................................................................................................... 3
Health Assessments.............................................................................................................................................. 4
Data Sharing ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Geographic Assessment Area ............................................................................................................................... 5
Services Provided ................................................................................................................................................. 5
Community Engagement ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Assessments ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Major Themes ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Forces of Change Assessment .............................................................................................................................. 7
Local Public Health System Assessment ............................................................................................................... 8
Community Health Status Assessment .............................................................................................................. 10
Community Themes and Strength Assessment.................................................................................................. 12
Community Assets .............................................................................................................................................. 27
Improvement Plan .............................................................................................................................................. 27
Sources ............................................................................................................................................................... 28
Contact Us .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
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Vision
We envision a Fayette that places a high value on access to quality physical and mental healthcare,
social well-being, the built environment, education, safety and promotes community service and
responsibility.
What is a Community Health Assessment?
District 4 Public Health, composed of 12 individual counties, is seeking accreditation from the
National Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). Accreditation will provide health
departments the ability to improve quality, access, services, value, and accountability to stake
holders within the community. This assessment satisfies one of the pre-requisites for the Public
Health Accreditation Board. The intention here is that, for accreditation purposes, the health
department can demonstrate that it systematically assesses its jurisdiction’s health status and
can describe it.
The Community Health Assessment involves a process of collecting, analyzing, and using data
to educate and mobilize communities, develop priorities, garner resources, and plan actions to
improve the public’s health. It is one of the core functions of public health, which is why it’s in
the accreditation standards. It involves the systematic collection and analysis of data in order
to provide the health department and the community it serves with a sound basis for decisionmaking. This assessment was conducted in partnership with other partners in the community
and includes data collection on health status, health needs, community assets, resources, and
other community or state determinants of health status.
Fayette Leading the Way!
The Community Health Assessment titled Fayette Leading the Way! (FLTW) focused on Fayette
County, GA. The assessment was conducted using NACCHO’s Mobilizing for Action through Planning
and Partnerships (MAPP) tool and took place from August, 2013 to December 2014. Data was
collected, analyzed, reviewed, and presented to the committee for review.
The FLTW coalition consisted of multiple partners from Fayette County including:
 Fayette County Board of Education
 Fayette Chamber of Commerce
 State and Local Public Health
 EMS/Fire
 Police
 Elected Officials
 Women Infant & Children (WIC) [represent high risk populations]
 Fayette Care Clinic - (provides free medical care to uninsured Fayette County residents that
are living at 200% of the federal poverty level)
 FACTOR Fayette Family Connection - (local arm of Georgia Family Connection- mission is to
improve quality of life for family and children through collaboration)
 Board of Health Members
 Department of Family and Children Services
 Piedmont Fayette Hospital
 Southside Support (parents with children of special needs) [represent high risk populations]
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McIntosh Trail Community Service Board - (provides mental health, developmental
disabilities, and addictive disease services for the underserved)
Exceptional Ops - (developmental disabilities support) [represent high risk populations]
UGA Cooperative Extension
Fayette County Parks and Recreation
Fayette County HeadStart Pre-K –[represent high risk populations]
Promise Place – (Domestic Violence Shelter)
Healing Bridge Clinic – (free medical care for underserved and uninsured)
The Real Life Center – (food, clothing, and financial training assistance)
The FLTW coalition meetings were conducted monthly and invitations to each meeting were
emailed out to all partner organizations. Those who attended the meetings received paper
printouts of all presentation materials and the presentation information was also posted on our
District 4 Public Health website. Community engagement was performed via surveys to the
community, board of health meetings, and collaborative community meetings, and individual
surveys.
Health Assessments
The FLTW coalition followed the MAPP process throughout the entire community health
assessment. During this process, we completed the following four health assessments: Forces of
Change, Local Public Health System, Community Health Status, and Community Themes and
Strengths. Data will be sustained for future assessments via semi-annual collaborative meetings
including analysis reports and documented via meeting summary notes/minutes.
The following is an explanation of each assessment:
1. January 2014 - Forces of Change Assessment
This assessment was conducted by assessing FLTW coalition members on forces that include
trends, factors and events that affect Fayette County.
2. March 2014 – Local Public Health System Assessment
This assessment was conducted by assessing FLTW coalition members and additional
community members that were invited to this meeting on the Local Public Health System.
3. May 2014 - Community Health Status Assessment
The survey was distributed by paper version in coalition member organizations and also
online via survey monkey. The survey monkey link was sent out to community partners and
was placed on the Fayette County Chamber of commerce website and the District 4 Public
Health website. WIC, HeadStart, Southside Support, and Exceptional Ops represented high
risk populations.
4. June 2014 - Community Themes and Strengths Assessment
This assessment was conducted by assessing FLTW coalition members on answering
questions of Community Themes and Strengths including:
– What is important in Fayette County?
– How is quality of life perceived in our community?
– What assets do we have that can be used to improve community health?
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Data Sharing
The data collected from the health assessment and this report will be posted on District 4 Public
Health’s website. Each community health assessment involved either community residents or the
FLTW coalition members. After each assessment was conducted,
the results were presented at the following FLTW coalition
meeting. The community health assessment report will be made
available to the community via the District 4 Public Health website
and paper copies in the Fayette County Health Department. It will
also be distributed to all FLTW coalition members to distribute to
their clients.
Geographic Assessment Area
The Fayette County Health Department primary service area is
defined as the geographic area encompassing the zip codes of
Tyrone, Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Woolsey and Brooks, Georgia.
County-level quantitative data was utilized throughout the
assessment to provide comparable measures to further define the
health needs of local residents.
Fayette County consists of a mixture of rural and suburban
communities whose health needs are met by one hospital system,
a mixture of private practices, the county health department and
other social services.
Services Provided
The health department provides a wide range of outpatient services, including:
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BreasTEST & More
Breastfeeding and Breast Pump
Cervical Cancer Screening
Child Health
Children 1st
Chronic Disease
Communicable Disease Program
Community Collaborative Efforts
Emergency Response
Environmental Health
Health Check
Health Education
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Health Fairs
High Risk Nutrition
HIV Screening
Immunizations
Safe Kids
School, Daycare and Pre-K Audits
Scoliosis Screening
Sexually Transmitted Disease
Travel Clinic
Tuberculosis Program
WIC (Women, Infants, & Children)
Bioterrorism
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Community Engagement
We conducted a Community Health System Assessment survey to engage the community via survey
monkey and paper copies in community organizations. The Community Strengths and Themes
surveys provide qualitative information on how Fayette County residents perceive their health and
quality of life concerns as well as their knowledge of community resources and assets.
The Community Strengths and Themes Assessment, was determined by the Mobilizing for Action
through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) strategy. The MAPP process was employed to gain
insight upon the quality of life in Fayette County, Georgia. This was done through interviewing
collaborative committee members. The results of the assessment will provide District 4 Public
Health office with a comprehensive summary of community perceived views on the current state
of health in Fayette County, Georgia.
Assessments
The FLTW coalition collected 79 paper surveys. Survey participants ranged in ages from 18 - 74.
Participants included those from all over Fayette County. There were 79 responses with 58 (79%)
female and 15 (20%) male.
Major Themes
Major themes include the following:
1. The 3 most important health problems in the community:
a. Aging Problems
b. Cancers
c. Heart Disease and Stroke
2. The 3 most risky behaviors in the community:
a. Alcohol Abuse
b. Overweight
c. Texting while driving
3. Satisfaction with healthcare in the community:
a. 50% said no or strongly no
b. <20% said yes
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Forces of Change Assessment
The Forces of Change Assessment is designed to help participants answer the following questions:
1. What is occurring or might occur that affects the health of our community or the local public
health system?
2. What specific threats or opportunities are generated by these occurrences?
The FLTW collaborative addressed these questions for the following categories: Political, Social,
Economic, Environmental, Technology, Scientific, and Legal/Ethical. Our findings are listed below.
Political
Legal/Ethical
 Affordable Care Act (ACA) - confusion, increasing costs,
 CHINS law
access to care
 Barrier to Mental Health care at hospital
 Consolidation of services
 Proper referrals
 Re-districting
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Lack of group homes
 Annexation
 Medicaid experts or lack of
 Access to Social Services Information
Social
 Homeless population
 Mental Health access to care
 Domestic Violence
 Pinewood studios
 Cultural change
 Growing Veteran population with increasing PTSD and mental health disorders
 Influx of Katrina population
 Lack of access to mental health care
 Increasing immigrant population
 City exclusivity/Insular
 Greater Diversity
 Lack of social activity for young people
 Think Tanks
 Acceptance of drug use and alcohol
Technological
Scientific
 Lack of medical info for 911
 Lack of specialists
 Health information exchange
 No STEM schools
 Healthcare provider incentive
 No aviation schools
 Library
 Incubator/Think tank/research
 Access to social services information
Economic
 Property taxes
 Decreased work force with increased aging population
 Cost of Housing/lack of affordable housing
 Lack of transportation
 Education options
 Lack of vocational and tech schools
 Pinewood
 Sewer system
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Environmental
 Access to highway/interstate
 Too much fast food
 Snowstorm/Katrina
 Lack of sewer system
 Golf cart paths
 Sidewalks
 Air Quality
 Bike lanes
 Public Transit-Lack
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Local Public Health System Assessment
The National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) assessment is a helpful
tool in evaluating the current performance against a set of optimal standards. This is a
partnership effort to improve the practice of public health and the performance of public health
systems. This Local Public Health System Assessment (LPHS) report is intended to help the District
4 gain a good understanding of its performance and move on to the next step in strengthening
the public system.
The 10 Essential Public Health Services describe the public health activities that all
communities should undertake and serve as the framework for NPHPSP instruments. These
include:
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Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care
when otherwise unavailable.
8) Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9) Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based
health services.
10) Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
The following feedback resulted from the Local Public Health System Assessment that focuses on
health challenges in the community in relation to the 10 essential public health services:
Essential Public Health Service 1 and 2: Monitor Health Status and Diagnose and Investigate
Health Problems
• No Community Health Assessments being performed outside of the hospital
• Health data collected by state and federal agencies is not easily accessible to the public
• Consistently performing drills and exercises to prepare for public health threats and
emergencies
• In close proximity to Georgia Public Health Laboratory and CDC Laboratories
Essential Public Health Service 3 and 4: Inform, Educate and Empower and Mobilize Community
Partnerships
• A need for greater collaboration and communication among partner organizations
• A need for innovation in public health awareness
• Lacking mental health care for children
• A social service resource guide is needed
• Fayette has a strong Faith Based Emergency Response Network formed by the EMA
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Essential Public Health Service 5 and 6: Develop Policies and Plans and Enforce Laws and
Regulations
• Local Public Health System (LPHS) does not coordinate with the Local Health Department in
provision of services. There are a variety of social serving organizations in the community, but they
all working in a collaborative manner.
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LPHS and Local HD do not have a strong relationship with policy makers
Not currently a regular review of Public Health laws, regulations and ordinances
Public Health issues are addressed as they arise
Essential Public Health Services 7 and 9: Link to services and Evaluation
• Greatest barrier to care is transportation
• Fayette needs public transportation to provide access to health services
• Fayette does not evaluate how well the LPHS activities meet the needs of the community
Essential Public Health Services 8 and 10: Assure competent workforce and Research for new
insights
• No history of a LPHS workforce assessment
• Need a RN at every school
• Need to expand nursing schools to Fayette County
• Increase Tele-health opportunities
• Schools do a good job at collecting data
• Need to partner with colleges and universities to conduct more in depth Public Health
research and evaluation
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Community Health Status Assessment
The Health Status analysis provides quantitative data on a broad array of health indicators,
including quality of life, behavioral risk factors, and other measures that reflect a broad definition of
health.
Demographics Characteristics
 Population-108,365
 <18-24.3%
 >65-14.6%
 African American-20.4%
 American Indian/Alaskan Native-.4%
 Asian-4.1%
 Hispanic-6.5%
 Non-Hispanic White-67.2%
 % Not Proficient in English-1.5%
 Female-51.7%
 Rural-18.2%
Socioeconomic Characteristics
 Education-78% High School Graduation
 Education-76.2% Some post-secondary education
 Education-Ranked 3rd in GA
 Income-Ranked 2nd in GA with Median income of $78,717
Health Resource Availability
 15% Uninsured adults
 8% Uninsured children
 7% of residents could not see doctor due to costs
 Primary Care Physician Ratio-905:1
 Access to care-Ranked 1st in GA
 Quality of Care-Ranked 1st in GA
Quality of Life
 Poor or Fair Health Days-9%
 Physically Unhealthy Days-2.6%
 Mentally Unhealthy Days-2.9%
Behavioral Risk Factors
 Adult Smokers-12%
 Physically inactive-22%
 Excessive Drinking-13%
 Alcohol impaired driving deaths-29%
 Limited access to healthy foods-7%
 Alcohol and Drug Use-Ranked 93rd in GA
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Environmental Health Indicators
 Air and Water Quality-Ranked 157th in GA
 Housing and Transit-Ranked 69th in GA
 Drinking water violations-40% of population in violation
 Severe Housing Problems-13%
Social and Mental Health
 Social/Emotional Support-16% with no social/emotional support
Maternal and Child Health
 Low-Birth Rate-7%
 Teen birth rate-13%
 Children in poverty-11%
 Children in single-parent households-22%
 Infant mortality rate-4.8% (per 100,000)
 Child mortality rate-33.6
Death, Illness and Injury
 Injury death rate-40
 Homicide Rate-3
 Leading causes of Age-adjusted death:
1. Ischemic heart and vascular disease
2. Cancer
3. Cerebrovascular disease
4. All other mental and behavioral disorders
5. Alzheimer’s disease
 Leading causes of premature death:
1. Ischemic heart and vascular disease
2. Motor vehicle crashes
3. Suicide
4. Cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung
5. Accidental poisoning
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Community Themes and Strength Assessment
The “Community Strengths and Themes Assessment,” of phase three in the MAPP process was
employed to gain insight upon the quality of life in Fayette County, Georgia. This was done
through surveying collaborative members. The results of the assessment will provide District 4
with a comprehensive summary of community perceived views on the current state of health in
Fayette County, Georgia.
In the following list, what do you think are the three most important factors for a “Healthy Community?”
Response
Percent
67.10%
Answer Options
Low crime/safe neighborhoods
Good schools
45.60%
Clean environment
34.20%
Access to health care (e.g., family doctor)
32.90%
Good jobs and healthy economy
30.40%
Healthy behaviors and lifestyles
27.80%
Strong family life
22.80%
Good place to raise children
20.30%
Parks and recreation
12.70%
Religious or spiritual values
12.70%
Low level of child abuse
7.60%
Affordable housing
7.60%
Excellent race/ethnic relations
7.60%
Emergency preparedness
6.30%
Low adult death and disease rates
5.10%
Low infant deaths
5.10%
Arts and cultural events
2.50%
Three most important factors for a “Healthy Community?”
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Emergency preparedness
Religious or spiritual values
Low infant deaths
Low adult death and
disease rates
Healthy behaviors and
lifestyles
Strong family life
Good jobs and healthy
economy
Excellent race/ethnic
relations
Arts and cultural events
Affordable housing
Clean environment
Parks and recreation
Access to health care (e.g.,
family doctor)
Good schools
Low level of child abuse
Low crime/safe
neighborhoods
(Those factors which most improve the quality of life in a community)
Good place to raise children
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
In the following list, what do you think are the three most important “health problems” in our community?
(Those problems which have the greatest impact on overall community health.)
Answer Options
Response Percent
Heart disease and stroke
47.30%
Aging problems (e.g., arthritis, hearing/vision loss, etc.)
45.90%
Cancers
39.20%
Mental health problems
32.40%
High blood pressure
29.70%
Diabetes
27.00%
Motor vehicle crash injuries
20.30%
Domestic Violence
18.90%
Child abuse / neglect
14.90%
Teenage pregnancy
8.10%
Dental problems
6.80%
Infectious Diseases (e.g., hepatitis, TB, etc.)
5.40%
Firearm-related injuries
4.10%
Respiratory / lung disease
4.10%
Rape / sexual assault
2.70%
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
2.70%
Suicide
2.70%
Terrorist activities
0.00%
Three most important “health problems” in our community?
(Those problems which have the greatest impact on overall community health.)
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Terrorist activities
Teenage pregnancy
Suicide
Respiratory / lung
disease
Sexually Transmitted
Diseases
Rape / sexual assault
Motor vehicle crash
injuries
Mental health problems
Infectious Diseases
High blood pressure
Heart disease and
stroke
Firearm-related injuries
Domestic Violence
Diabetes
Dental problems
Child abuse / neglect
Cancers
Aging problems
50.0%
45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
In the following list, what do you think are the three most important “risky behaviors” in our community? (Those
behaviors which have the greatest impact on overall community health.)
Answer Options
Response Percent
Response Count
Texting while driving
Being overweight
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse
Poor eating habits
50.60%
48.10%
44.30%
36.70%
29.10%
40
38
35
29
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Lack of exercise
Tobacco use
Not using seat belts / child safety seats
Unsafe sex
Unsecured firearms
Dropping out of school
24.10%
16.50%
12.70%
11.40%
7.60%
5.10%
19
13
10
9
6
4
Racism
Not getting “shots” to prevent disease
Not using birth control
Lack of maternity care
5.10%
2.50%
1.30%
0.00%
4
2
1
0
Three most important “risky behaviors” in our community?
(Those behaviors which have the greatest impact on overall community health.)
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
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Unsecured firearms
Unsafe sex
Not using seat belts /
child safety seats
Not using birth control
Tobacco use
Texting while driving
Racism
Not getting “shots” to
prevent disease
Poor eating habits
Lack of maternity care
Lack of exercise
Drug abuse
Dropping out of school
Being overweight
Alcohol abuse
0.0%
How would you rate the overall health of our community?
2.5%
0.0%
1.3%
Very unhealthy
Unhealthy
46.8%
49.4%
Somewhat healthy
Healthy
Very healthy
How would you rate your own personal health?
2.6%
9.0%
6.4%
Very unhealthy
Unhealthy
Somewhat healthy
38.5%
Healthy
43.6%
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Volunteer Time: Approximately how many hours per month do you volunteer your
time to community service?
(e.g., schools, voluntary organizations, churches, hospitals, etc.)
13.9%
38.0%
13.9%
None
1-5 hours
6-10 hours
over 10 hours
34.2%
What is your age?
1.4%
1.4%
6.8%
8.2%
13.7%
18 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 to 74
74 or older
75 or older
12.3%
24.7%
31.5%
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What is your gender?
0.0%
20.5%
Female
Male
Transgender
79.5%
What is your ethnicity? (Please select all that apply.)
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
American Asian or Pacific
Indian or
Islander
Alaskan Native
Black or
African
American
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Hispanic or
Latino
White /
Caucasian
Prefer not to
answer
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What is your marital status?
17.8%
Married / co-habitating
Not married / Single
82.2%
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
0.0%
22.5%
Less than high school
High school diploma or GED
College degree or higher
77.5%
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What is your approximate average household income?
0.0%
10.0%
14.3%
Less than $20,000
$20,000 to $29,999
$30,000 to $49,999
Over $50,000
75.7%
How do you pay for your health care?
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
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Indian Health
Services
Veterans’
Administration
Medicare
Medicaid
Health insurance
Pay cash (no
insurance)
0.0%
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Where/how did you get this survey?
2.4%
Community Meeting
7.3%
Health Department/Health Clinic
4.9%
Mail
43.9%
Newsletter
22.0%
Personal Contact
Workplace
19.5%
Are you satisfied with the health care system in the community?
(Consider access, cost, availability, quality, and options in health care)
0.0%
17.6%
25.7%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
16.2%
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
5 - Strong Yes
40.5%
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Is this community a good place to raise children?
(Consider school quality, day care, after school programs, recreation, etc.)
1.4%
2.7%
8.1%
1 - Strong No
41.9%
2 - No
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
45.9%
5 - Strong Yes
Is this community a good place to grow old?
(Consider elder-friendly housing, transportation to medical services,
churches, shopping; elder day care, social support for the elderly living
alone, meals on wheels, etc.)
0.0%
6.8%
30.1%
13.7%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
5 - Strong Yes
49.3%
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Is there economic opportunity in the community?
(Consider locally owned and operated businesses, jobs with career
growth, job training/higher education opportunities, affordable
housing, reasonable commute, etc.)
0.0%
6.8%
16.2%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
3 - Neutral
39.2%
4 - Yes
37.8%
5 - Strong Yes
Is the community a safe place to live?
(Consider residents’ perceptions of safety in the home, the workplace,
schools, playgrounds, parks, and the mall. Do neighbors know and
trust one another? Do they look out for one another?)
0.0% 2.7%
14.9%
29.7%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
52.7%
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5 - Strong Yes
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Are there networks of support for individuals and families (neighbors,
support groups, faith community outreach, agencies, organizations)
during times of stress and need?
0.0%
5.4%
24.3%
1 - Strong No
27.0%
2 - No
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
5 - Strong Yes
43.2%
Do all individuals and groups have the opportunity to contribute to
and participate in the community’s quality of life?
2.7%
9.5%
20.3%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
24.3%
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
5 - Strong Yes
43.2%
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Do all residents perceive that they — individually and collectively — can make
the community a better place to live?
2.7%
9.6%
9.6%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
3 - Neutral
32.9%
4 - Yes
45.2%
5 - Strong Yes
Are there a broad variety of health services in the community?
1.4%
9.5%
18.9%
1 - Strong No
25.7%
2 - No
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
5 - Strong Yes
44.6%
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Is there a sufficient number of health and social services in the community?
1.4%
12.5%
13.9%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
37.5%
34.7%
5 - Strong Yes
Are levels of mutual trust and respect increasing among community partners
as they participate in collaborative activities to achieve shared community
goals?
1.4%
12.2%
6.8%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
3 - Neutral
39.2%
40.5%
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4 - Yes
5 - Strong Yes
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Is there an active sense of civic responsibility and engagement, and of civic
pride in shared accomplishments?
0.0%
13.5%
5.4%
1 - Strong No
2 - No
40.5%
3 - Neutral
4 - Yes
40.5%
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5 - Strong Yes
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Community Assets
Fayette County Assets:
1. Strong Public School System
2. Pinewood Studios
3. Close proximity to CDC and Georgia Public Health Laboratory
4. Golf-cart paths
5. Strong hospital system
6. Low crime rate
7. Strong faith-based network
Gaps in Community Assets:
1. Lack of access to mental health care providers
2. Lack of access to transportation
3. No public transportation
4. Lack of access to highway/interstate
5. Very little social activity for younger population
6. Lack of affordable housing
7. Decreased work force with increased aging population
8. High alcohol abuse rate
Improvement Plan
Through the 4 MAPP assessments, strategic planning and action cycle sessions, and community
collaboration we identified the following areas of improvement. Implementing these plans will help
to improve the local public health system.
1. Develop an online social services database for clients to have access to all social services
information in Fayette County.
2. Increase transportation services for health services.
3. Increase the number of mental health providers in the county.
4. Provide all Fayette County residents with awareness and access to all health care resources
to increase follow-up of care and reduce inappropriate use of services.
5. Reduce duplication of community health organizational efforts by developing a functioning,
collaborative group of community stakeholders to better coordinate health resources.
6. Increase public awareness of risks of alcohol, drug abuse and texting while driving in order
to decrease automobile accidents caused by distracted driving.
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Contact Us
Fayette County Health Department
County Nurse Manager: Glenda Bryant, RN, MN, APRN-BC
140 Stonewall Avenue West Suite 207
Fayetteville, GA 30214 (770) 305-5416 Office
District 4 Public Health
District Health Director: Olugbenga O. Obasanjo MD, PhD, MPH, MBA
122A Gordon Commercial Drive
Lagrange, GA 30240
(706) 845-4035 Office
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