Our Healthy Communities Department promotes the health, safety, and well-being of Grant County by supporting and encouraging communities towards improving healthy lifestyles and choices.
What We Do
- Provide leadership and technical assistance
- Share the most reliable, user-friendly information available
- Conduct and translate research and evaluation to enhance prevention
- Create partnerships that help develop sound programs and policies that make the healthy thing to do the easy and affordable thing to do
- Monitor chronic disease, conditions, and risk factors
- Engage in health communication
- Implement prevention strategies
- Develop community-based initiatives so people can find support for healthy lifestyles wherever they live, work, play, or learn in Grant County.
Why We Do It
- Healthier environments
- Healthier behaviors
- Greater health equity
- Increased productivity
- Lower health care costs
- Increased life expectancy
- Improved quality of life
What We Achieve
- Less obesity
- Less tobacco and marijuana use
- Less heart disease and stroke
- Less cancer
- Less diabetes
- More physical activity
- Better and more accessible nutrition
- Better oral health
- Healthier moms and babies
- Healthier and safer kids
Questions? Contact the Healthy Communities Department at 509-766-7960