Central Iowa health department aims to improve residents’ wellbeing

The Polk County Health Department is creating a Community Health Improvement Plan to address key issues impacting central Iowans.

The focus is on non-medical factors that affect someone’s wellbeing, like access to care, housing, mental health and economic stability.

The Des Moines-based agency’s Michelle Seibert says they’re working with community organizations to figure out how to expand help that already exists…

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