The North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH) uses Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant funding to administer the Healthy Communities Program through the Chronic Disease and Injury (CDI) Section. The aim of this program is to reduce the burden of chronic disease and injury in North Carolina.
This funding enables county and district health departments to implement community-based interventions that address poor nutrition, physical inactivity, tobacco use, violence and unintentional injury.
All strategies implemented through the Healthy Communities Program provide opportunities for everyone in North Carolina to achieve their optimal level of health regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, geographic location, education status, disability status or sexual orientation.
Local Health Departments Advancing Equity across North Carolina
Check out how local health departments across North Carolina engaged with communities to provide better access to health care services and programs.
Strategies
Partnering to Make a Difference
The Healthy Communities team partnered with local health departments to increase their organizational capacity to address health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more: Local Health Departments Advancing Equity: An Inside-Out Approach (PDF)
Resources
- AppHealth: Use of Peer Support Specialists
- Food Councils and Students across NC Partner to Improve Health Equity in a New Internship Program
- Forsyth County: The Art of Helping Communities Feed Themselves
- Gaston County: Policy Protects People: Tobacco Advocacy
- Hyde County: Advancing Equity in Rural Eastern North Carolina
- North Carolina Cabarrus Health Alliance: Addressing Health Equity Infrastructure
The Healthy Communities Program is administered by the Healthy Communities Program Consultants:
Staff | Role | Phone |
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Karen Stanley | Program Manager | 919-604-3616 |
Ryan Ward | Program Consultant | 252-333-8913 |