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    • Healthy Pima

    Healthy Pima LogoHealthy Pima is Pima County’s community health task force of individuals, public, community, and business organizations that have joined forces to improve community health by mobilizing resources, increasing awareness, promoting change, and taking collective action.

    Members of Healthy Pima are representatives of healthcare, behavioral health, government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, faith-based services, education, employers, unions, tribal nations, and philanthropy and have worked together to improve the health status of the Pima County community since 2010.

    Every three years, a Community Health Needs Assessment is conducted to identify the county’s priority health issues. The assessment utilizes health data, such as mortality and disease rates, coupled with direct input from hundreds of community members and leaders to prioritize the county’s most pressing health issues that become the focus of health planning efforts. The county’s current priority health issues include: 
    • Accidents and Injuries
    • Anxiety and Depression Spectrum Disorders
    • Diabetes
    • Substance Misuse
    mTo address these priority health issues, Healthy Pima has formed task forces and coalitions that work diligently to formulate action plans with goals, strategies, and objectives that outline how each group will collaboratively focus efforts and resources. Collectively, these actions plans are used as the foundation for the county’s three year Community Health Improvement Plan.

    As a living document, the Community Health Improvement Plan is flexible and can accommodate changes and updates as needed. The plan is reassessed and updated annually to best address the health needs of the community. 

    If you or your organization is interested in partnering with Healthy Pima and want to align efforts, please visit our website at: www.HealthyPima.com or e-mail us at HealthyPima@pima.gov
    • Activate Tucson: Collaboration between a diverse spectrum of Tucson organizations united by the desire to curb the growing trends of obesity and chronic disease in our community.

    • Pima County Youth Violence Prevention Coalition: A collaboration of community members, service providers and stake-holders dedicated to building and fostering a community for nonviolence and inclusion with youth, for youth.

    • Southern Arizona Falls Prevention Coalition (SAFPC): A respected local partnership of groups mobilized to spread the word about ways to prevent falls among older adults.

    • Substance Misuse and Mental Health Alliance: Six task forces dedicated to addressing the abuse of alcohol and illicit drugs, as well as misuse of over-the-counter and prescription medications that affect the health and well-being of Pima County youth, families, and the larger community.

    • Together 2 End Diabetes Coalition: An interdisciplinary group of community leaders working to increase awareness, education, self-management, advocacy, and support for those at risk of, or are already diagnosed with, type 2 diabetes in Pima County.

    • Vulnerable Road Vulnerable Road User & Motorist Safety (VRUMS) Task Force: An innovative coalition invested in reducing traffic-related injuries for cyclists, pedestrians, and motorists by promoting efforts to decrease the risk and severity of collisions and advocate for improved conditions to make all methods of transportation safer.


    For information on meeting dates and times, please visit: www.HealthyPima.com 

    Community Health Needs Assessments


    Community Health Improvement Plans


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    Involvement in Healthy Pima offers opportunities to network with other organizations and increased visibility as a community leader. Additionally, Healthy Pima engagement can increase awareness of community resources and create opportunities to share best practices and evidence-based approaches to tackling complex public health issues in Pima County.


    If you are interested in participating in the Healthy Pima initiative please click here to learn more:
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    Healthy Pima

    3950 S Country Club Rd.
    Tucson, AZ 85714

    (520) 724-7992

    E-Mail: HealthyPima@pima.gov


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