ABOUT US

Behind the Scenes

The Stanly County Minority Health Council, initiated by the Stanly County Department of Public Health, was formed in 2014 in recognition of the need to gain wider community support for addressing issues of health and community disparities and inequities, particularly in underserved communities. Here at the Stanly County Minority Health Council, we see the value in everyone. We want to be a catalyst for positive change, and since our beginnings in 2014, we’ve been driven by the same ideas we initially founded our organization upon: support, empowerment, and progress. Learn more about our mission, our vision, and how we go about making the changes we want to see.

MISSION STATEMENT

Serve as an advocate, resource and collaborative partner with the Health Department, Partners in Health and other community based organizations to encourage programs and policy initiatives that: 1) promote disease prevention and wellness; 2) address social determinants of health through traditional public health programs, processes, and organizational structures, and 3) improve the social, economic, and physical environments of underserved communities.

VISION STATEMENT

All of Stanly County's residents have the opportunity to attain their full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of their social position or other socially determined circumstances.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD

Make A Difference

MEDICINE DROP BOX

Get rid of unused or expired medication

At Stanly County Minority Health Council, we are dedicated to stepping up our efforts to address the opioid crisis in our county.

Medicine Drop-Off sites are located throughout the county. Through cooperation and community empowerment we believe we can facilitate progress in this area. We are always striving to make a difference, and invite you to learn more and lend your support.

Current drop sites:

Albemarle Police Dept. 203 N. 2nd St. Albemarle, NC 28001

24 hours/day, 7 days/week

Norwood Police Dept. 139 N. Main St. Norwood, NC 28128

Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Oakboro Police Dept. 223 W. 3rd. St. Oakboro, NC 28129

Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

HEALTH CLINIC & SCREENINGS

Reinforcing our Commitment

Our goal is to promote great opportunities for those in need with access to the right resources. Check out our Facebook page for upcoming local health clinics, screenings and trainings.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Community Events, Job Fairs and Seminars

A healthy lifestyle is more than just your body, medicine and doctors.

Health disparities are referred to health inequities when they are the result of the systematic and unjust distribution of (access to) social determinants/conditions that support health (e.g. healthy food/food security, good housing, good education, safe neighborhoods, job opportunities, access to care, insurance coverage, transportation, hopelessness, social networks, freedom from racism, and other forms of discrimination).

- Braveman P. Health Disparities and Health Equity: Concepts and Measurement. Annual Review of Public Health, 2006

Check out our Facebook page for more information.

"Heath inequities are differences in health status and mortality rates across population groups that are systemic, avoidable, unfair and unbias."

Margaret Whitehead

COME MEET US

Meetings are the first Monday night of each month from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at Stanly County Health Department.

1000 N. 1st St. Ste. 3

Albemarle, NC 28001

(704) 986-3016

*please confirm meeting time & place*