“Environmental Health is often considered the backbone of public health. From food service to housing and health nuisance complaints, environmental health looks at all of the environmental factors contributing to a disease and ultimately, its prevention. Following the Environmental Health Pathway process will prepare communities to tackle some of the most preventable diseases…
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“Woodlawn joined the WeTHRIVE! movement to improve the quality of life and safety for our kids and the community. The Safe Routes to School funding helps promote healthy lifestyles and safe infrastructure that supports bicycling and walking.” –Mike Donohue, Council Member Injury Prevention Pathway Violence and injuries affect everyone regardless of age, race, economic…
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“WeTHRIVE! is a whole way of thinking. It’s a way of approaching a community issue in a very holistic way and saying ‘Oh, there’s lots of different ways to approach this. There are many positive things that can happen.’ And so WeTHRIVE! to me is really a framework, a process by which I…
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“Colerain Township, like so many other communities, is experiencing increasing incidents of heroin/opiate related overdoes. Members of our community asked us “what can we do?” We just wanted to save lives, but needed help. Colerain Township took action to combat this epidemic and one of the first steps was to…
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The unfortunate truth is that implicit and unconscious biases are embedded in our medical system. These biases can affect the quality of care received by people of color.
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When Colerain Township invited senior citizens to a Fall Prevention 101 class, most of those who attended reported falling in the past. This wasn’t surprising. Colerain’s rate of falls per 100,000 residents is higher than the county average.
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Special Olympics, as an international organization, is moving towards the goal of not only having competitive athletes, but also having healthy and safe athletes. The Healthy Athletes Program and other health initiatives have been started and are being adopted in Ohio and Hamilton County.
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Crystal Howard Scott has operated Complete Care Development Center in her Westwood home for 11 years. Her program was the first type B home child care provider in Hamilton County to achieve Ohio’s 5-Star Step Up To Quality rating.
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Mt. Healthy City Schools has been a WeTHRIVE! school district since March 2017. The district’s wellness team started in 2006, but was re-energized two years ago under the leadership of Fredrika Richardson, the district’s food service director.
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Traci Poellnitz owns Cozy Care Nursery School in Walnut Hills. She has been an in-home child care provider for almost 24 years. Her program is the only type A home child care provider in Hamilton County to achieve Ohio’s 4-Star Step Up to Quality rating.
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