Two North Carolina public health departments taking steps toward sustainable communities

N C Med J. 2012 Jul-Aug;73(4):304-9.

Abstract

Communities Putting Prevention to Work grant funding, provided to the state through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 2010, is aimed at impacting obesity. This has enabled 2 local health departments-Pitt County and the Appalachian District-to make broad, sustainable environmental changes that foster improvements in health outcomes.

MeSH terms

  • Community Health Planning / organization & administration*
  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Health Status
  • Humans
  • Interinstitutional Relations*
  • North Carolina / epidemiology
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Obesity / prevention & control*
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Public Health Administration*
  • Public Policy*