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Top Health Needs by Community

Click on a community below to see a list of the most significant health needs identified by its Community Health Needs Assessment.

North Dakota map identifying CHNA locations by type of facility Morton Co. Sioux Co. Kidder Co. Burleigh Co. Langdon Cavalier Grafton Park River Hillsboro Mayville Northwood Grand Forks McVille Devils Lake Cando Rugby Harvey Cooperstown Carrington Jamestown Valley City Fargo Lisbon Oakes Ashley Wishek Linton Bowman Hettinger Elgin Bismarck Hazen Turtle Lake Garrison Dickinson Watford City Minot Stanley Tioga Williston Rolla Bottineau Kenmare Crosby

Compare Most Significant Health Needs by Community

Select up to three communities to compare the most current significant health needs.

  Ashley - Collaborative
  Bismarck - Non-CAH
  Bottineau - CAH
  Bowman - Collaborative
  Burleigh Co. - Public Health
  Cando - Collaborative
  Carrington - Collaborative
  Cavalier - Collaborative
  Cooperstown - Collaborative
  Crosby - Collaborative
  Devils Lake - Collaborative
  Dickinson - Collaborative
  Elgin - Collaborative
  Fargo - Non-CAH
  Garrison - CAH
Grafton - Collaborative
Grand Forks - Non-CAH
Harvey - CAH
Hazen - Collaborative
Hettinger - CAH
Hillsboro - CAH
Jamestown - Collaborative
Kenmare - CAH
Kidder County - Public Health
Langdon - CAH
Linton - Collaborative
Lisbon - Collaborative
Mayville - CAH
McVille - Collaborative
Minot - Non-CAH
Morton County - Public Health
Northwood - CAH
Oakes - Collaborative
Park River - Collaborative
Rolla - Collaborative
Rugby - CAH
Sioux County - Public Health
Stanley - Collaborative
Tioga - Collaborative
Turtle Lake - CAH
Valley City - Collaborative
Watford City - CAH
Williston - Collaborative
Wishek - Collaborative

Ashley

Ashley Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Assisted living options
  • Not enough jobs with livable wage

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Assisted living options
  • Jobs with livable wages
  • Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes

Bismarck

CHI St. Alexius Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Opioids
  • Food insecurity
  • Domestic violence

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Chronic diseases/mental health/diabetes with a focus on diabetics
  • Violence prevention/violence against women
  • Obesity/childhood obesity

Sanford Bismarck Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Healthcare access
  • Behavioral health and substance abuse

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Access to affordable healthcare – cost of care services, insurance, and medications
  • Addiction management – prevention, education, intervention, and recovery services
  • Aging services – cost and availability of long term care, availability of memory care and access to affordable home-based services; homelessness and access to affordable housing
  • Mental health – depression, stress, substance abuse
  • Physical health – chronic disease, obesity, poor nutrition, and inactivity
  • Underage drinking and substance abuse

Bottineau

St. Andrew's Health Center

2019-2021
  • Not enough jobs with livable wages
  • Depression/anxiety
  • Cancer
  • Cost of long-term/nursing home care

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Adequate childcare services

Bowman

Southwest Healthcare Services

2019-2021
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Mental health services
  • Depression

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers
  • Mental/behavioral health
  • Drug and alcohol use and abuse
  • Attracting and retaining young families

Burleigh County (Rural)

Burleigh County Board of Health

2014
  • Elevated rate of excessive drinking
  • Cost/adequacy of health insurance
  • Concerns about availability of emergency services
  • Cost of healthcare services
  • Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes

View list of reports

Cando

Towner County Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Adult drug use and abuse (including prescription drugs)
  • Bullying/cyberbullying
  • Attracting and retaining young families

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Ability to meet needs of older population
  • Ability to retain doctors and nurses in the area
  • Adequate childcare services

Carrington

CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington & Foster County Medical Center

2022-2024
  • Mental health for all ages (includes depression/anxiety/suicide/stress)
  • Ability to retain primary care providers and nurses
  • Enough child daycare services
  • Alcohol use & abuse (all ages)

View list of reports

2019-2021
  • Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA)
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Not enough affordable housing
  • Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes

Cavalier

Pembina County Memorial Hospital and CliniCare

2020-2022
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Depression/anxiety (all ages)
  • Availability of substance use disorder/treatment services
  • Not enough affordable housing

View list of reports

2017-2019
  • Adult and youth drug use and abuse and availability of substance abuse treatment and services
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Assisted living options
  • Mental health services

Cooperstown

Cooperstown Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Depression/anxiety – Youth
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Bullying/cyberbullying

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers
  • Jobs with livable wages
  • Adequate childcare services
  • Obesity

Crosby

St. Luke's Hospital

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health resources
  • Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
  • Alcohol use and abuse by adults
  • Drug use and abuse by youth

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Adult alcohol use and abuse
  • Adequate childcare services
  • Depression
  • Youth alcohol use and abuse

Devils Lake

CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake

2022-2024
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Suicide
  • Availability of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services
  • Drug use and abuse for all ages (including prescription drugs)

View list of reports

2019-2021
  • Substance use and abuse – all ages
  • Extra hours for appointments, such as evenings and weekends
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Having enough child daycare services

Dickinson

CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson

2022-2024
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Alcohol use and abuse for all ages
  • Not enough affordable housing
  • Depression/anxiety

View list of reports

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Depression and anxiety among the youth population

Elgin

Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center and Clinic

2020-2022
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Depression/anxiety for all ages
  • Ability to retain primary care providers and nurses

View list of reports

2017-2019
  • Access to exercise and wellness activities
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of specialists
  • Youth alcohol use and abuse

Fargo

Essentia Health

2020-2022
  • Mental health
  • Youth and young adult substance use

View list of reports

2017-2019
  • Physical health with a focus on fitness and diet
  • Mental health services to include both mental health and addiction services
  • Aging services

Sanford Health

2019-2021
  • Heath Care Access
  • Mental health/behavioral health and substance abuse

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Affordable housing and hunger
  • Cost and availability of long-term care and memory care
  • Cost and availability of quality child care and quality infant care
  • Bullying
  • Presence of drug dealers and presence of street drugs and alcohol in the community
  • Access to affordable healthcare and affordable insurance
  • Cancer
  • Chronic disease
  • Obesity
  • Poor nutrition/inactivity
  • Depression
  • Stress
  • Substance abuse and use
  • Flu vaccines

Garrison

CHI St. Alexius Health Garrison

2019-2021
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers (MD, DO, PA, NP)
  • Youth drug use and abuse
  • Adult drug use and abuse
  • Having enough child day care services

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers (MD, PA, NP)
  • Adult drug use and abuse
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Youth drug use and abuse

Grafton

Unity Medical Center and Grafton Family Clinic

2019-2021
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Alcohol use and abuse
  • Drug use and abuse
  • Depression/anxiety

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Poverty
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Adequate childcare services
  • Youth drug use and abuse

Grand Forks

Altru Health System

2016-2018
  • Improve access to behavioral health services, including addiction treatment and counseling
  • Reduce incidence of prescription and illegal drug abuse
  • Reduce the rate of obesity
  • Reduce the incidence of binge drinking and alcohol abuse
  • Improve care coordination and access to healthcare

View list of reports

2013-2015
  • Rate of obesity
  • Access to mental health services
  • Binge drinking/excessive drinking
  • Impact of poverty on health
  • Financial barriers to healthcare access

Harvey

St. Aloisius Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Adult drug use and abuse

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Physician retention and recruitment
  • Access to specialists
  • Access to fitness equipment
  • Healthy eating
  • Substance abuse education
  • Support groups
  • Collaboration with local EMS and the school system

Hazen

Sakakawea Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Youth drug use and abuse (including prescription drugs)
  • Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes
  • Youth depression/anxiety
  • Attracting and retaining young families

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Adequate childcare services
  • Availability of mental health and substance abuse treatment services
  • Lack of employees to fill positions
  • Obesity/overweight
  • Public transportation

Hettinger

West River Health Services

2021-2023
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA) and nurses
  • Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA) and nurses
  • Not enough jobs with livable wages

View list of reports

2018-2020
  • Obesity/overweight
  • Availability of substance abuse/treatment services
  • Cancer
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Adult alcohol use and abuse (including binge drinking)

Hillsboro

Hillsboro Medical Center

2016-2018
  • Cancer
  • Substance abuse
  • Heart disease
  • Services for seniors
  • Mental health

View list of reports

2011-2013
  • Aging population services
  • Lack of daycare
  • Mental health

Jamestown

Jamestown Regional Medical Center

2018-2020
  • Substance use
  • Family and social support
  • Obesity and physical activity

View list of reports

2015-2017
  • Obesity and physical activity
  • Access to care – cost and adequacy of health insurance
  • Employment – workforce
  • Physical environment – not enough affordable housing

Kenmare

Trinity Kenmare Community Hospital

2019-2021
  • Access to healthcare services
  • Mental health
  • Substance abuse
  • Obesity

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Access to care
  • Substance abuse

Kidder County

Kidder County District Health Unit

2014-2019
  • Elevated rate of excessive drinking
  • Elevated rates of children in poverty/single-parent households
  • Meeting needs of older population/resources for home living and caregivers

View list of reports

2014
  • Aging population services
  • Elevated rates of children in poverty and in single-parent households
  • Excessive drinking

Langdon

Cavalier County Memorial Hospital

2019-2021
  • Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA)
  • Depression/anxiety
  • Alcohol use and abuse

View list of reports

2016
  • Availability of our providers
  • Availability of dental care
  • Ability to recruit physicians to the area
  • Lack of knowledge of services offered locally
  • Loss of patients to competing health systems
  • Obesity/Diabetes/Poor Nutrition
  • Depression/Mental Health

Linton

Linton Hospital and Emmons County Public Health

2020-2022
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Adult alcohol use and abuse

View list of reports

2017-2019
  • Jobs with livable wages
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Cancer
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers
  • Youth drug use and abuse

Lisbon

CHI Lisbon Health

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Depression and anxiety (all ages)
  • Drug use and abuse in youth

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Obesity, poor nutrition, and inactivity
  • Mental health services
  • Violence prevention
  • Cost of healthcare
  • Access and cost of childcare and infant care
  • Bullying

Mayville

Sanford Mayville Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Mental health
  • Transportation

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Aging
  • Children and youth
  • Safety
  • Healthcare access
  • Physical health
  • Mental health

McVille

Nelson County Health System - McVille

2019-2021
  • Ability to meet the needs of the older population
  • Bullying/cyberbullying
  • Adult population not getting enough exercise/physical activity
  • Cost of long-term/nursing home care

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Emergency services (ambulance and 911)
  • Adequate childcare services
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Attracting and retaining young families

Minot

Trinity Hospital

2019-2021
  • Access to care
  • Substance abuse
  • Mental health
  • Obesity

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Access to care
  • Substance abuse
  • Mental health
  • Obesity

Morton County

Morton County - Custer Health

2015-2020
  • Mental health needs in adults and youth
  • Limited daycare capacity
  • Cost of healthcare services
  • Physical inactivity

View list of reports

2014-2015
  • Cost and adequacy of health insurance
  • Higher cost of healthcare for consumers
  • Lack of daycare
  • Mental health needs
  • Obesity & physical inactivity

Northwood

Northwood Deaconess Health Center

2019-2021
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Depression/anxiety

View list of reports

2016-2017
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers
  • Youth drug use and abuse
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Obesity/overweight

Oakes

CHI Oakes Hospital

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health/ substance abuse treatment services
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Not enough jobs with livable wages
  • Having enough child daycare services

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • High cost of healthcare
  • Mental health in adults and children
  • Maintaining enough healthcare and EMS workers
  • Obesity
  • Focus on wellness/prevention of disease – availability of exercise facilities

Park River

First Care Health Center

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Drug use and abuse (including prescription drugs) – all ages

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Alcohol use and abuse
  • Traffic safety
  • Assisted living options
  • Jobs with livable wages
  • Obesity/overweight

Rolla

Presentation Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Ability to retain primary care providers
  • Youth drug use and abuse
  • Adult obesity

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Availability of resources for family, friends caring for elderly
  • Help elderly stay in their homes
  • Not enough jobs with livable wages
  • Ability to retain doctors and nurses in the community
  • Youth drug use and abuse (including prescription drug abuse)
  • Diabetes

Rugby

Heart of America Medical Center

2022-2024
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Not enough healthcare staff in general
  • Having enough child daycare services

View list of reports

2019-2021
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Ability to meet the needs of the older population
  • Youth Depression/anxiety
  • Cost of health insurance

Sioux County

Custer Health

2014-2019
  • Elevated level of sexually transmitted infections/spreadable diseases
  • Elevated rate of severe housing problems
  • Dissatisfaction with HIS/long waits for healthcare/access to provider
  • Promotion of healthy lifestyle choices

View list of reports

Stanley

Mountrail County Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Adult alcohol use and abuse
  • Youth drug use and abuse (including prescription drugs)
  • Having enough daycare services

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers
  • Adult alcohol use and abuse
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Adequate childcare services
  • Obesity/overweight

Tioga

Tioga Medical Center

2019-2021
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Depression/anxiety among the youth
  • Having enough child daycare services
  • Not enough affordable housing

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Youth drug use and abuse
  • Youth alcohol use and abuse
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
  • Teen pregnancy

Turtle Lake

CHI St. Alexius Health Turtle Lake

2019-2021
  • Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA) and nurses
  • Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
  • Not having jobs with livable wages
  • Not having enough places for exercise/wellness activities

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Cost of health insurance
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers (MD, NP, PA)
  • Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their home
  • Access to exercise and wellness activities

Valley City

CHI Mercy Health Valley City

2019-2021
  • Substance use and abuse (alcohol and drugs)
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of substance abuse/treatment services
  • Depression and anxiety

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Mental health service shortage
  • Substance abuse (alcohol and drugs)
  • Licensed child care capacity
  • Bullying/cyberbullying

Watford City

McKenzie County Healthcare System

2019-2021
  • Ability to recruit and retain physicians
  • Domestic violence
  • Affordable housing

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Affordable housing
  • Availability of specialists
  • Adult drug use and abuse (including prescription drugs)
  • Ability to retain physicians in the area

Williston

CHI St. Alexius Health Williston

2019-2021
  • Ability to get appointments for health services within 48 hours
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Availability of primary care providers
  • Extra hours for appointments, such as evenings and weekends
  • Having enough child daycare services

View list of reports

2016-2018
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Availability of substance abuse/treatment services
  • Adult drug use and abuse
  • Youth mental health

Wishek

South Central Health

2020-2022
  • Availability of mental health services
  • Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO NP, PA) and nurses
  • Attracting and retaining young families
  • Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes

View list of reports

2017-2019
  • Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
  • Availability of primary care providers
  • Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers