Impact healthy lifestyle behaviors through community-based prevention initiatives that target changes in policy, social and physical environments to promote and improved quality of life for the residents of Wilson County. Through multiple intervention strategies the coalition will conduct assessments, make recommendations and ultimately impact the health status of Wilson County residents. The coalition will plan groundwork strategies toward achieving changes to the community environment and policy practices in Wilson County. The focus will be on promoting physical activity, improving nutrition, and reducing tobacco use. The coalition will provide the infrastructure for diverse community groups to work together.
Environments can be physical or social.
The primary focus of policy strategies is to create healthier environments, but they do not ensure healthier environments. Policies may be public or private. Impact mortality and morbidity of CVD through community-based CVD prevention initiatives that targets changes in the social and physical environment and changes in health behaviors. Current statistics reported from The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in North Carolina , N.C. Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force 1997 and State Center for Health Statistics. All rights reserved.