RENO, Nev. – “Fragile and at-risk” is how Nevada’s public health infrastructure could be described based on the findings of a recent assessment conducted by University of Nevada, Reno Extension, in partnership with the Nevada Association of Counties. The assessment, which maps the public health infrastructure in 15 of 17 counties in Nevada (excluding the two most urban counties, Clark and Washoe), provides baseline data for decision-makers and stakeholders as they consider the needs of their communities.
Over the past year, Extension’s Nevada Economic Assessment Project team worked with the Nevada Association of Counties to conduct an assessment of the state’s public health infrastructure to provide local governments, policymakers and local organizations with data to help them prioritize the highest needs in their communities and propose solutions.
“This is a base data collection that allows us to see what’s really going on in Nevada, see what we have, see what we’re missing, and then from there, perhaps we can improve,” Joe Lednicky, Extension economist who headed up the 125-page assessment posted online, Foundational Public Health Services in Suburban, Rural and Frontier Nevada, said…