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The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is the second part of a two-part health improvement planning process. The first step involved assessing the community’s current health status via the online Community Health Assessment (CHA). This assessment explores the factors contributing to health risks and outcomes, health disparities, community needs, and available resources.

Next, the identified health concerns and needs within Montgomery County guided the selection of the priorities, goals, objectives, and strategies that would be the focus of this three-year community-driven health improvement plan.

The ultimate goal is to make Montgomery County “A Healthy, Safe, and Thriving Community.”

View the 2023 - 2025 - Community Health Improvement Plan Summary

Public Health’s epidemiology program collects, compiles, and analyzes information on flu activity year-round in Montgomery County, and produces a weekly report during the flu season (October through the following May).

Vaccination is the Best Way to Protect Yourself

Getting a flu shot not only helps protect you, it also helps protect others who may be at risk of complications from the flu,” said Public Health’s Medical Director, Becky Thomas, MD. “People with weakened immune systems, the elderly, and the young are particularly at risk of flu complications.”

Influenza (flu) is a contagious disease that can be serious. Every year, millions of people get sick, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized, and thousands to tens of thousands of people die from flu.

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year.

Public Health provides services to all cities, villages and townships in Montgomery County, Ohio. In addition, Public Health provides contracted services to the City of Oakwood, which maintains its own Health Department.

The Public Health Cares Podcast highlights programs and issues that provide the listener a look at the resources available to them to help live a healthy lifestyle.

Public Health’s purchasing department ensures all contracts and purchases meet Federal, State and Local guidelines.

The Montgomery County Board of Health is the legal entity that has overall responsibility for the operation of Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County.

A major role of the Board of Health is to adopt policies and to make such orders and regulations as are necessary for its own governance, for the public health, the prevention or restriction of disease, and the prevention, abatement, or suppression of nuisances.

The Board of Health also provides oversight and direction to Public Health in fulfilling its mission and vision statement while accomplishing the three core public health functions of assessment, policy development, and assurance. It plays an integral role in the work Public Health conducts through their review, study, advisement, and recommendations to the Health Commissioner on matters related to public health.

Public Health’s leadership team is focused on positioning the organization to allow its workforce and community partners to best reach the goals of public health, preventing the spread of disease, promoting healthy lifestyles, and protecting the environment.

The leadership team guides staff to ensure there is a focus on health equity, collective impact, quality improvement, health outcomes, service delivery, systems management and community engagement.

Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County leads and/or participates in many communitywide coalitions and task forces. Collective Impact can achieve the best results when systems change is developed along side providing programming and services. Removing key drivers of health inequities such as poverty, racism, discrimination, trauma, violence, and toxic stress are paramount to improving the health of Montgomery County’s population.

Public Health is a culturally diverse organization committed to providing an inclusive and equitable place of employment. We are dedicated to public service and committed to quality relationships with one another and the community we serve. Employment with Public Health is more than just a job - it is a privilege to be part of a team that works together to provide the highest standards of excellence in service as we build a healthier Montgomery County.

Public Health is a nationally accredited health department as designated by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). PHAB was created to serve as the national public health accrediting body and is jointly funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Accreditation and recognition provide a means for health departments to build capacity in key public health areas.

To help all Montgomery County, Ohio residents achieve their best health outcomes, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County actively promotes policies, creates systems, and provides services, that enable residents to live a healthy life.

Our workforce of nearly 250 individuals is dedicated to preventing the spread of disease, promoting healthy lifestyles, and protecting the environment. We encourage you to explore this site to learn more about how Public Health is helping to keep our community healthy, safe, and thriving.

Montgomery County’s Community Health Assessment (CHA) provides comprehensive information on the community’s current and past health status, factors contributing to higher health risks and poorer health outcomes, disparities, needs in the community, and community resources available to improve health.

Mpox (formerly called Monkeypox) Class B – Report a case, suspected case, and/or positive laboratory result to the local public health department in which the patient resides by the close of the next business day. Per the ODH Infectious Disease Control Manual (Section 3 – MONKEYPOX)

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Monthly Mommy Meet-Up is an ongoing program aimed at educating and supporting mothers in their efforts to provide a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their families. Each month, the program offers an opportunity for mothers to come together to learn about diverse topics related to moms and babies, such as nutrition, exercise, stress management, and parenting.

The meetups provide a space for mothers to connect with one another, share their experiences, and receive guidance and support from health professionals. The program is a valuable resource for mothers looking to make positive changes in their family's health and well-being. Meet-Up takes place at the Gem City Market

Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County is dedicated to providing services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate for Montgomery County residents.

What is CLAS?

Tai Chi for injury prevention courses are currently being offered in Montgomery County. In collaboration with Kettering Health Network and the City of Dayton Recreation Centers, Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County offers an 8-week class at three locations multiple times a year. These classes are designed to help people with arthritis and reduce the risk of injuries and falls among older adults.

Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” Health inequities are reflected in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment.

Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County believes the quality of its workforce and the services it provides will be enhanced by recognizing and embracing the differences in all of us. Public Health is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, military status, veteran status, genetic testing, or other unlawful bias.

This Executive Summary highlights findings from the Montgomery County Child Fatality Review Board’s sixth Report to the Community. Montgomery County began reviewing the deaths of its children in 1997. The report is an evaluation of child deaths occurring in the years 2009 through 2016 and provides cumulative data from 1997 through 2016.

In order to improve the health of Montgomery County residents, Public Health leads or participates in numerous community coalitions designed to improve health outcomes in a variety of areas. Here you will find a list of the coalitions that Public Health is currently engaged with.