Community Health

The Community Health program centers on the use of improvement processes and activities to address community needs and improve population health.  Initiatives include health assessment, health promotion and chronic disease prevention in collaboration with community partners.  Our vision is to achieve the definition of health equity – the assurance of the conditions for optimal health for all people within the communities of Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Counties.

Programs and Initiatives within Community Health include:

• Health Promotion
  • Physical Activity
  • Nutrition
• Adolescent Health and Youth Development (AHYD)
• Worksite Wellness
• Tobacco Use Prevention
• Asthma
• Health Equity
  • NACCHO Health Equity and Social Justice
  • NACCHO Roots of Health Inequity Training