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Community Health Improvement Planning

The Florida Department of Health in Marion County (DOH-Marion) continually evaluates the health of county residents by measuring local data. That data helps describe the overall health of our community.

DOH-Marion and AdventHealth Ocala collaborated with over 20 local partner agencies to produce the 2023-2026 Marion County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP).

The CHIP is a long-term project that helps address health needs and is used to create a community health needs assessment (CHNA). The CHNA includes data and information from multiple sources, which describe the community's:

  • Demographics
  • Health status
  • Morbidity and mortality
  • Socioeconomic characteristics
  • Quality of life
  • Community resources
  • Behavioral factors
  • Built environment
  • And other health status measures of Marion County

Marion County updates its CHIP annually and produces a new CHNA and a new CHIP every three years.