Wellstar Community Health Department The Wellstar Community Health department coordinates connections between people who experience poor health outcomes and resources to improve their health. Community Health programs are designed as place-based investments, particularly in high-need zip codes (Figure 1) , to activate new ways for community residents to engage with their health or the health care system. The department ensures that after programs end, community residents and partner organizations are linked to more sustainable resources that they may
continue to engage in health and well-being (Figure 2) . Figure 1 | Community Needs Index Score by ZIP Code (2020)
Hall
Floyd
Bartow
Forsyth
Cherokee
Polk
Barrow
Gwinnett
Paulding
Cobb
Haralson
Walton
DeKalb
Douglas
Fulton
Rockdale
Clayton
Carroll
Newton
Henry
Fayette
Coweta
Jasper
Heard
Butts
Spalding
Meriwether
Pike
Lamar
Troup
Monroe
Upson
Harris
Alabama
Talbot
Crawford
1.0–1.7
1.8–2.5
2.6–3.3
3.4–4.1
4.2–5.0
Figure 1 shows the Community Needs Index for the zip codes served by Wellstar Health System. The index ranks each zip code in the United States against all other zip codes on five socioeconomic factors that are barriers to accessing healthcare: income, culture, education, insurance, and housing. Each factor is rated on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 indicates the lowest barrier to accessing healthcare and 5 indicates the most significant) .
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