Residents in Jackson County are free from chronic conditions
Colorectal Cancer Mortality, Age Adjusted Rates per 100,000 (5-Year Aggregates)
Current Value
17.6
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand why the data on heart disease is the way that it is in our community. When we understand the root causes of our community problems, we have a better chance of finding the right solutions, together.
What's Helping? These are the positive forces are work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Many programs in place to support screenings
- Collaboration between local agencies and organizations
- Developing a "culture of health"
Tag2Nag media campaign from the American Cancer Society, promoting colon cancer screening at age 50.
What's Hurting? These are the negative forces are work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Not many environmental supports in place to support an active lifestyle
- Fast food restaurant density
- High perceived cost of healthy food
- High cost of managing this disease
- 1 in 4 residents live in poverty
- Interaction between poverty and chronic disease-- disease burden is higher in the poor and the poor have decreased access to health services
Partners
Partners in our Community Health Improvement Process:
- Jackson County Department of Public Health
- Area Agency on Aging
- Good Samaritan Clinic
- Harris Regional Hospital
- Jackson County Department on Aging
- Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department
- Jackson County Public Schools
- Jackson County Department of Social Services
- Mountain Projects, Inc.
- Smoky Mountain LME/MCO
- Western Carolina University
- WNC Healthy Impact
Partners With a Role in Helping Our Community Do Better on This Issue:
- MountainWise
- Local businesses
- Local government (County and city)
- Healthcare providers
- Local restaurants
- Fitness centers
- Grocery stores and food retail outlets
Data Holes
We are keeping an eye on weight status, diabetes prevalence, heart disease mortality, and colorectal cancer mortality as a way of telling how we are doing as a community in addressing chronic disease and build a community where all Jackson County residents are free from injury. We have also identified other data that is not currently available, but that we would like to develop to help us monitor progress on this result:
- Access to care data
- Chronic disease management data
- Less self-reported data and more clinically-gathered data on weight status
What Works to Do Better?
The following actions have been identified as ideas for what can work for our community to make a difference on colorectal cancer.
(A) Actions and Approaches Identified by Our Partners These are actions and approaches that our partners think can make a difference on colorectal cancer.
- Media campaigns like Tag2Nag
- Educational opportunities to increase awareness
- Free screenings
(B) What is Currently Working in Our Community These are actions and approaches that are currently in place in our community to make a difference on colorectal cancer.
- Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke Prevention Grant
- Worksite wellness programs
- Living Healthy: Chronic Disease Self-Management
- Tuesdays to Thrive
- Annual Healthy Living Festival
- Freshstart
(C) Evidence-Based Strategies These are actions and approaches that have been shown to make a difference on colorectal cancer.
- Routine colorectal cancer screening in adults beginning at age 50 and continuing to age 75 years
- FLU-FOBT
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