Integris to assess community’s top health needs – News – The Miami News-Record – Miami, OK MIAMI Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami is currently working to assess Oklahoma’s three main health needs: obesity, heart disease and mental health.The needs were reported and discussed at the monthly Partners of Ottawa County Inc. Other projects the coalition is involved with are Bright Futures Miami, Man-Up and Running Wild.Summer Beck, Integris Community Education Coordinator and POCI vice-president, said that the hospital is initiating the second cycle of the requirements associated with its community health needs assessment (CHNA) and subsequent development of the community health improvement plan.”In order for the non-profit hospitals to maintain their tax exempt status, we now have new requirements in regards to how we go about distributing our community benefit dollars out in our community,” Beck said. We must do a CHNA, develop a community health improvement plan based on that assessment and work with coalitions to decide what our priority areas will be.”INTEGRIS administered a survey to update the CHNA that POCI is working to develop through the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) assessment. If any individual would like to teach the class, contact McAffrey at 918-787-2104.Page 2 of 3 – In other action group reports, the school based social workers reported that they are currently working on the College Bound Program with second and fifth graders from all Miami schools.Afton and Fairland schools continue to use their designated funds for Farm-to-School and Tobacco prevention/cessation efforts as their Partnerships Improving Community Health (PICH) grant activities. The PICH grant is a two-year grant that pays $35,000 a year, which is provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).POCI and the health committee are partnering with Community Action Agency to purchase raised garden beds for the schools and working to identify school champions to spearhead the projects.Cindy Tuder, public health educator for the Cherokee Nation, and Beck provided education and a veggie-tasting opportunity to 425 students at the recent “Farm To You” program brought to Quapaw Schools by Kathy Enyart and the OSU Extension Office. For more information, call Walker at 918-825-2582.Beck said that the Delaware County Community Partnership (DCCP) is having a Health Fair on March 29 from 5 to 8 p.m.