Scotland County Healthy Carolinians is a county-wide coalition dedicated to the mission of empowering the citizens through education and promotion of healthy lifestyles and safe communities. Our focus areas are physical activity and nutrition, chronic disease, and environmental health. These focus areas, our subcommittees, meet regularly and are open to the public.

As a county-wide coalition, we are always interested in recruiting new membership and receiving input regarding getting the community to adapt healthy lifestyles. Some of our recent programs/interventions are the Great Ex-STEP-tations Walking Program, a pilot Weight Loss Support Program, and distribution of a diabetes health checklist. We were instrumental in developing the Well Ordinance Rules and Regulations, and in promoting educational efforts for mosquito control policies and procedures. We established the fitness trail around Scotland Place and have been co-sponsors of several health screenings in the community. We are a voice for promoting healthy lifestyles and an environmentally safe community.

Scotland County Healthy Carolinians is supported through a Kate B. Reynolds grant, collaboration with local organizations, and through in-kind service from the community. For more information contact Kathie Cox, Program Coordinator at the Scotland County Health Department.

Scotland County 2005 Community Health Assessment Report Executive Summary

Scotland County 2007 State of the County Health Report

The Scotland County Community Health Assessment is a collaborative effort between the Scotland County Health Department and the Scotland County Healthy Carolinians Partnership. A community health assessment is a process by which community members gain an understanding of the health, concerns, and health care systems of the community by identifying, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on community assets, strengths, rsources and needs. The executive summary is available through the above link. For a full version of the Community Health Assessment contact Kathie Cox for more information.

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