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Community health improvement is a team sport
Meaningful collaboration and creative partnerships are essential to improving health at the community level. By partnering across sectors and groups, we can work together to leverage skills, resources, and energy to create a community that truly is healthy by design, for all.
Our Coalition currently has 5 active strategy working groups.
- Healthy Neighborhoods
- Healthy Connections
- Healthy Investments
- Strengthening Partnerships
- South Side Grocery Market
In addition to our working groups, several initiatives are supported by project-specific partners.
Community residents, leaders, and organizations can support community health in the following ways:
- Share your feedback and experiences. community input, especially from individuals with firsthand experience, is essential to our work. We will regularly share opportunities for community members to weigh in on projects over the next three years.
- Stay informed. Subscribe to our newsletter, follow us on Facebook (@HBDYellowstone), Instagram (@hbdyellowstone), and read our bi-annual CHIP progress reports.
- Advocate for policies and programs that improve health equity. Support community health initiatives by advocating for policies, plans, and investments that improve health. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop.
- Use community health data to support your grant-writing, decision-making, and evaluation. Familiarize yourself with the Yellowstone County CHNA and other local data sources.
- Connect with us. If you have an idea for a new project, or are working on something that we could partner on, let us know.
- Make the healthy choice, the easy choice where you live, work, learn, or play. There are several ways you can promote community health, such as:
- Model healthy behaviors and promote social connection by grabbing a friend and exploring your community’s assets such as parks and walking paths, or cooking a healthy meal together.
- Check out our Recognition Opportunities and resources for ideas to implement initiatives in your business or worksite, local schools, or during events.
- Ask for healthier options at restaurants, food trucks, or events.