Assets Needed to Address Challenges: Biggest health factors leading to poor health Poverty: Greater economic development; increased outcomes in Washington County according to mentoring services; more skills trainings; more employment stakeholders (% of those rating factor as a major or opportunities at livable wages; better transportation; better critical problem in their area). education Employment: More job creations; more training; more Poverty (89%) employment opportunities at livable wages; greater Employment (82%) economic development; more funding for education Health care insurance (78%) Health care insurance: Expansion of Medicaid; making Access to behavioral care/mental health care insurance more affordable; universal health care; more (76%) stable health care system Health literacy (74%) Access to behavioral care/mental health care: Better access to behavioral/mental health care for the uninsured; full behavioral/mental health integration at hospital and primary care levels; expand behavioral/mental health agencies to more rural areas; more hospital beds for mentally ill patients Assets Available in County/State: Poverty: General Assistance; other federal, state and local programs Employment: Adult education centers; career centers Health care insurance: MaineCare; ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act); Free care Access to behavioral care/mental health care: Behavioral/mental health agencies Health literacy: Hospital systems; primary care providers; social service agencies County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Each year, the University of Wisconsin Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation produce for every county in the U.S. The annual The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps reports measure the social, economic, environmental and behavioral factors that influence health. These factors are quantified using indicators such as high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income and teen births, to name a few. The rankings weight and score the sets of indicators to provide county comparisons within each state. For more information: For this analysis, the 2015 rankings data for each of 16 counties is displayed in the Maine’s graphic used by the University of Wisconsin to show how all of the factors ultimately affect community health. The comparison across counties provides insight into county health status. In Maine, the county ranked as on a particular health issue, is the healthiest in that measure, “#1” is the least healthy. The data for the underlying health measures are those used by the “#16”
Biggest health factors leading to poor health outcomes in Washington County according to stakeholders (% of those rating factor as a major or critical problem in their area). Poverty (89%) Employment (82%) Health care insurance (78%) Access to behavioral care/mental health care (76%) Health literacy (74%) Assets Needed to Address Challenges: Poverty: Greater economic development; increased mentoring services; more skills trainings; more employment opportunities at livable wages; better transportation; better education Employment: More job creations; more training; more employment opportunities at livable wages; greater economic development; more funding for education Health care insurance: Expansion of Medicaid; making insurance more affordable; universal health care; more stable health care system Access to behavioral care/mental health care: Better access to behavioral/mental health care for the uninsured; full behavioral/mental health integration at hospital and primary care levels; expand behavioral/mental health agencies to more rural areas; more hospital beds for mentally ill patients Assets Available in County/State: Poverty: General Assistance; other federal, state and local programs Employment: Adult education centers; career centers Health care insurance: MaineCare; ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act); Free care Access to behavioral care/mental health care: Behavioral/mental health agencies Health literacy: Hospital systems; primary care providers; social service agencies County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Each year, the University of Wisconsin Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation produce The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps for every county in the U.S. The annual reports measure the social, economic, environmental and behavioral factors that influence health. These factors are quantified using indicators such as high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income and teen births, to name a few. The rankings weight and score the sets of indicators to provide county comparisons within each state. For more information: For this analysis, the 2015 rankings data for each of Maine’s 16 counties is displayed in the graphic used by the University of Wisconsin to show how all of the factors ultimately affect community health. The comparison across counties provides insight into county health status. In Maine, the county ranked as “#1” on a particular health issue, is the healthiest in that measure, “#16” is the least healthy. The data for the underlying health measures are those used by the