Top Health Needs by Community
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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
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 - Collaborative
Jamestown - Collaborative
Kenmare - CAH
Kidder County - Public Health
Langdon - CAH
Linton - Collaborative
Lisbon - Collaborative
Mayville - Collaborative
McVille - Collaborative
Minot - Non-CAH
Grand Forks - Non-CAH
Harvey - CAH
Hazen - Collaborative
Hettinger - CAH
Hillsboro - Collaborative
Jamestown - Collaborative
Kenmare - CAH
Kidder County - Public Health
Langdon - CAH
Linton - Collaborative
Lisbon - Collaborative
Mayville - Collaborative
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
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
2025
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Having enough child daycare services
- Ability to retain primary care providers and nurses
- Cost of health insurance
2022
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Not enough jobs with livable wages
- Change in population size
- Not enough healthcare staff in general
Bismarck
CHI St. Alexius Medical Center
2025
- Availability of affordable housing
- Quality of child care services
- Quality of long-term care, nursing homes, and senior housing services
- Affordability of health care services
2022
- Mental health
- Healthy living (chronic health issues/access to healthy food)
- Access to affordable healthcare
- Affordable housing
- Access to healthcare providers
- Public transportation
- Long-term care
Sanford Bismarck Medical Center
2025
- Access to health care and quality care
- Access to affordable health care
- Healthy living
- Mental Health
2019-2021
- Healthcare access
- Behavioral health and substance abuse
Bottineau
SMP Health – St. Andrew's Health Center
2023
- Availability of mental health services
- Availability of mental health providers (psychiatrists)
- Mental health services for children and youth
2022
- Increase the number of mental health providers for adults and youth
- Increase the number of prescribing mental health providers
- Improve school-based mental health support for children and youth
- Improve drug and other substance abuse early intervention and prevention services
Bowman
Southwest Healthcare Services
2022
- Availability of mental health services
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Not enough healthcare staff in general
- Depression and anxiety (all ages)
2019-2021
- Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Mental health services
- Depression
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
Cando
Towner County Medical Center
2025
- Availability of mental health services
- Having enough childcare daycare services
- Not getting enough exercise/physical activity and not enough places for exercise/wellness activities
- Depression/anxiety
2022
- Availability of mental health services
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Cost of health insurance
- Depression/anxiety
- Having enough childcare services
Carrington
CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington
2025
- Mental Health
- Substance misuse
- Barriers to health care
- Psychological abuse and crime
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)
Cavalier
Pembina County Memorial Hospital and CliniCare
2023
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Not enough affordable housing
- Having enough child daycare services
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
Cooperstown
Dakota Regional Medical Center
2025
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Availability of home health
- Depression/anxiety for all ages
2022
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Having enough child daycare services
- Availability of mental health services
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
Crosby
St. Luke's Hospital
2025
- Mental health and addiction services
- Availability of specialists
- Having enough child daycare services
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
2022
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Bullying/cyberbullying
- Alcohol use and abuse (all ages)
- Availability or mental health and substance use disorder treatment services
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
Devils Lake
CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake
2025
- Substance misuse
- Mental health
- Community services
- Availability of health care services
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)
Dickinson
CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson
2025
- Affordability of housing
- Availability of child care services
- Availability of public transportation
- Mental health and substance misuse
2022-2024
- Availability of mental health services
- Alcohol use and abuse for all ages
- Not enough affordable housing
- Depression/anxiety
Elgin
Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center and Clinic
2023
- Availability of home health
- Ability to recruit and retain primary care providers and nurses
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Alcohol use and abuse (all ages)
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
Fargo
Essentia Health
2023
- Health equity
- Mental health
Sanford Health
2025
- Access to affordable health care
- Access to health care providers and quality care
- Healthy living
- Mental health
2019-2021
- Heath Care Access
- Mental health/behavioral health and substance abuse
Garrison
CHI St. Alexius Health Garrison
2025
- Mental health
- Substance misuse
- Community services
- Obesity or overweightness
2021
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Alcohol use and abuse (all ages)
- Drug use and abuse, including prescription drugs (all ages)
Grafton
Unity Medical Center and Grafton Family Clinic
2025
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Availability of mental health services
- Youth obesity/overweight
- Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes
2022
- Obesity/overweight (adults)
- Not enough healthcare staff in general
- Having enough child daycare services
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Availability of specialists
Grand Forks
Altru Health System
2022
- Mental health
- Substance use
- Transportation
- Childcare access
- Healthcare access, including dental and specialty care
- Insurance coverage
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
Grand Forks Public Health
Harvey
SMP Health – St. Aloisius
2025
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Availability of specialists
- Having enough child daycare services
- Not enough affordable housing
2022
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Assisted living options
- Smoking and tobacco use, exposure to second-hand smoke, juuling/vaping
- Attracting and retaining young families
Hazen
Sakakawea Medical Center
2025
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Availability of specialists
- Having enough child daycare services
- Not enough affordable housing
2022
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Availability of mental health services
- Having enough child daycare services
Hettinger
West River Health Services
2024
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Depression/anxiety – all ages
- Not getting enough exercise/physical activity – youth
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
Hillsboro
Sanford Hillsboro Medical Center
2025
- Access to Health care providers
- Mental health
- Access to affordable health care
- Healthy living
2022
- Access to healthcare
- Mental health
- Physical activity and nutrition
- Public transportation
- Access to quality childcare
- Affordable housing
Jamestown
Jamestown Regional Medical Center
2024
- Not enough affordable homes
- Depression/anxiety in youth
- Availability of mental health services
- Alcohol use and abuse
- Attracting and retaining young families
2018-2020
- Substance use
- Family and social support
- Obesity and physical activity
Kenmare
Trinity Kenmare Community Hospital
2019-2021
- Access to healthcare services
- Mental health
- Substance abuse
- Obesity
Kidder County
Kidder County District Health Unit
2023
- Availability of mental health services
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Depression/anxiety in youth and adults
- Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes
- Not getting enough exercise/physical activity – adults
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
Langdon
Langdon Prairie Health
2025
- Mental health
- Excess drinking
- Cancer
- Healthcare services: physical presence
2022
- Behavioral health
- Chronic disease management
- Access to healthcare services
Linton
Linton Hospital and Emmons County Public Health
2023
- Availability of mental health services
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Substance abuse (all ages)
2020-2022
- Availability of mental health services
- Having enough child daycare services
- Adult alcohol use and abuse
Lisbon
CHI Lisbon Health
2025
- Substance misuse
- Mental health
- Barriers to health care
- Availability of community services
2021
- Availability of mental health services
- Having enough child daycare services
- Availability of substance use disorder treatment services
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
Mayville
Sanford Mayville Medical Center
2025
- Access to health care providers
- Mental health
- Access to affordable health care
- Healthy living
2022
- Access to healthcare
- Mental health
- Physical activity and nutrition
- Public transportation
- Access to quality childcare
- Affordable housing
McVille
Nelson County Health System - McVille
2022
- Availability of mental health services
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Alcohol use and abuse in youth
- Attracting and retaining young families
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
Minot
Trinity Hospital
2019-2021
- 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
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
2025
- Having enough child daycare services
- Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes
- Depression/anxiety – youth
- Cost of long-term/nursing home care
- Availability of mental health services
2022
- Adults not getting enough exercise/physical activity
- Availability of mental health services
- Depression/anxiety
- Youth smoking and tobacco use, exposure to second-hand smoke, juuling/vaping
Oakes
CHI Oakes Hospital
2025
- Mental Health and suicide
- Substance misuse
- Access to health care
- Emotional and physical violence
2022
- Availability of mental health services
- Stress
- Depression/anxiety
- Availability of vision care
Park River
Park River Health Center
2025
- Depression/anxiety – youth
- Not enough places for exercise/wellness activities
- Assisted living options
2022
- Availability of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Having enough child daycare services
Rolla
Presentation Medical Center
2022
- Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA)
- Drug use and abuse, including prescription drugs (youth)
- Adult obesity
2019-2021
- Ability to retain primary care providers
- Youth drug use and abuse
- Adult obesity
Rugby
Heart of America Medical Center
2025
- Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA) and nurses
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes
- Availability of vision care
- Not enough affordable housing
2024
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Not enough affordable housing
- Ability to retain primary care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA) and nurses
- Availability of vision care
- Availability of resources to help elderly stay in their homes
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
Stanley
Mountrail County Health Center
2025
- Adult alcohol use and abuse
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Extra appointment hours, such as evening and weekends
- Having enough child daycare services
- Youth drug use and abuse
2021
- Alcohol use and abuse (all ages)
- Depression/anxiety
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Having enough child daycare services
Tioga
Tioga Medical Center
2025
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Depression/anxiety (adult)
- Having enough child daycare services
- Not enough healthcare staff in general
2022
- Depression/anxiety (all ages)
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Having enough child daycare services
Turtle Lake
CHI St. Alexius Health Turtle Lake
2025
- Community services
- Affordability of health care services and prescriptions
- Psychological abuse and crime
- Mental health
- Substance misuse
2021
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Having enough child daycare services
- Not enough places for exercise/wellness activities
Valley City
CHI Mercy Health Valley City
2025
- Affordability of health services
- Mental health and suicide
- Substance misuse
- Healthy and affordable food
2022
- Availability of mental health services
- Not enough jobs with livable wages
- Drug use and abuse (youth)
- Depression/anxiety (youth)
Watford City
McKenzie County Healthcare System
2025
- Availability of mental health services
- Not enough affordable housing
- Drug use and abuse (including prescription drugs)
2022
- Not enough affordable housing
- Availability of resources to help the elderly stay in their homes
- Having enough child daycare services
- Availability of mental health services
Williston
CHI St. Alexius Health Williston
2025
- Substance misuse
- Mental health and suicide
- Children's issues
- Availability of services
2022
- Availability of mental health services
- Having enough quality school resources
- Having enough child daycare services
- Not enough affordable housing
- Depression/anxiety
Wishek
South Central Health
2023
- Availability of mental health services
- Attracting and retaining young families
- Availability of home health
- Cost of healthcare insurance
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