The council may bring in employers or to work with existing employers who will pay well enough to meet citizen basic needs, offer vacation leaves to provide leisure time, sick leave to permit citizens to tend to their health and offer employee wellness programs. The council, in cooperation with law enforcement and social agencies, should initiate strategies that will reduce the incidence and prevalence of violence and the fear of violence in Cherokee County, particularly, child abuse and neglect, violence in our schools and domestic violence. Community health promotion strategies should be designed to change community norms and the contributing aspects of the social environment. Cherokee County has an abundance of recreational, cultural and social resources. The council should work to increase the opportunity for citizens to participate in these health related activities.
Community health involves more than health care access.
People need freedom from survival living, time to engage in health activities and tangible resources for wellness. Community health promotion strategies that do not address relative poverty may not result in significantly improved health status. Cherokee County has a relatively high employment rate but relatively low per capita income. This fact implies many citizens have low paying service jobs without medical insurance. Citizens expressed concern for the health of poor and working poor citizens of Cherokee County.