What We Do
At Live Healthy Spartanburg, we are developing data-based strategies for building a community of health. We utilize both quantitative and qualitative data after engaging with the community and our partners. We are measuring outcomes, evaluating disparities, and identifying barriers to health.
Live Healthy Spartanburg and our partners have identified four priority areas. Work groups will explore each of these areas and develop strategic approaches that will advance our community’s shared understanding of the barriers and opportunities to improving health and community health outcomes.
2022-2025 Community Health Improvement Plan Priority Areas
Access to Care
An individual's ability to access quality healthcare & preventive services is vital to promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, increasing quality of life and life expectancy, and reducing the likelihood of premature death. Live Healthy Spartanburg chose Access to Care as a priority area over the next three years to assure key partners worked to increase access to primary care and reduce barriers for all Spartanburg County residents . We believe all Spartanburg County residents deserve the chance to be healthy regardless of cost and geographic location.
Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health has been a rising concern nationwide for years. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the issues surrounding behavioral health access and resources. Our Community Data walk and extensive collection of qualitative data gathered from focus groups and surveys led Live Healthy Spartanburg to choose Behavioral Health as a priority area over the next three years. Every Spartanburg resident deserves access to a sustainable system of behavioral healthcare.
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Chronic Health Conditions
Chronic Health Conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are among the leading causes of death both nationwide and locally. Many of these diseases share similar root causes such as obesity and poor nutrition. Spartanburg County’s most recent Community Health Needs Assessment illustrates people most at risk for being overweight are Black and Hispanic residents. It is our goal as a health collaborative to work toward cultivating environments where residents feel safe enough and are empowered to develop and maintain physical activity and healthy habits.
Resilient Children & Families
Live Healthy Spartanburg seeks to follow the model of the South Carolina’s statewide health improvement plan in adopting Resilient Children & Families as a priority area over the next three years. Through the consistent work of our partners, our goal is for every child in Spartanburg County to have the same opportunities to thrive in safe, supportive, equitable and nurturing environments that prepare them for success. We define resilient children and families as having the capacity to survive despite obstacles that may negatively impact their overall wellbeing.
Our Community-led Committees
Are Driving This Work
ACCESS TO CARE
A lack of access to care is one of the most widespread and challenging barriers people face to health. A number of community organizations have been working for many years in Spartanburg to increase access to care. Live Healthy Spartanburg is bringing these organizations and the rest of the community together to support and expand on these efforts.
Co-Chair: Staci Roberts
AccessHealth
Co-Chair: Summer Tebalt
ReGenesis Health Care
H.E.A.L. (HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING)
Where you live, work and play can also have an impact on health outcomes. Wholespire Spartanburg’s goals are to increase access to and the consumption of nutritious foods, increase policy, systems and environmental approaches that support health behaviors and by increasing access to and the utilization of services and resources to prevent, and improve treatment and control of chronic health conditions.
Co-Chair: Jasmine Gilliam
PAL Spartanburg
Co-Chair: Dawn Maddux
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING
As we seek to improve health in Spartanburg, we recognize this work must be done with the community — not to the community. Live Healthy Spartanburg is committed to ensuring all voices are heard, especially those who are most affected by social barriers to health and racial disparities. At the same time, we will work to build the capacity of community organizations and programs to expand their efforts, reach and impact.
Interim Co-Chair: Selena Smith
LHS/United Way of the Piedmont
COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CHIP) & COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA)
Following up on the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and the Spartanburg Racial Equity Index, Live Healthy Spartanburg will work with its partners to develop a new Community Health Improvement Plan. The plan will provide a framework for moving forward to address the needs and disparities identified by the CHNA and the Racial Equity Index.
POLICY
Public policy has a significant impact on community health and health outcomes. While policymaking at the national and state levels is arduous, Live Healthy Spartanburg will seek to find opportunities to work with community partners to build consensus for targeted, effective policy on the local level that holds the greatest promise to address disparities and improve outcomes.
Co-Chair: Byran Boroughs
Institute for Child Success
Co-Chair: Dr. Wren Bareiss
USC Upstate
RESILIENT CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Hundreds of mothers in Spartanburg County are unable to access quality prenatal and maternal care. More than one in 10 mothers receive late or no prenatal care, and 30 percent of mothers are unable to access a postpartum appointment within six weeks of giving birth. This has serious implications for both the health of the mother and the baby. While poor birth outcomes affect mothers and babies of all races and ethnicities, the problem is especially acute for Black and Hispanic mothers, making birth outcomes a significant issue for addressing overall health equity.
Co-Chair: Chanda Flynn
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Co-Chair: Dr. Jennifer Parker
Spartanburg Academic Movement
Co-Chair: Haley Wicker
Mary Black Foundation