Health Department shines light on county’s social and behavioral health
Lazaro Aleman
ECB Publishing, Inc.
Addressing the social and behavioral health of local residents is one of the areas that the Jefferson County Health Department is working to improve, says Administrator Kim Allbritton.
The task, Allbritton says, includes providing mental health and substance abuse data to residents, which she does in the department’s January newsletter.
Allbritton notes that when comparing the Jefferson County numbers to those of the state and larger counties, it’s ne