Welcome to the third Population Health Update!
GoGarrettCounty.com is about elevating the community and learning about the resources that are here for you! Everyone’s well-being journey is different, but what’s important is that we find what works for us. That’s why you will continue to see a variety of topics that we hope encourage you.
More people are registering on GoGarrettCounty.com, and we’ve just hit our 200th participant mark! When you invite others to join, remind them to take the anonymous survey at registration. They get an extra 25 points and we need the data to serve you better!
Here are the latest happenings from the community-led well-being program found at GoGarrettCounty.com:
§ Free food that’s delicious and healthy, have lunch on us! https://gogarrettcounty.com/free-food-support-local-business-have-lunch-on-us-3-prize-points/
§ Deep Creek Lion’s Club, where Chris Nicolas talks about what it means to be a part of the largest service organization in the world and what that looks like in Garrett County. https://gogarrettcounty.com/deep-creek-lions-club-3-prize-points/
§ Go Outside & Capture It campaign began with the benefits of winter hiking along with safety tips and where to turn for help staying warm this winter. https://gogarrettcounty.com/go-outside-3-prize-points/
§ Our Health Officer, Bob Stephens was the first to submit a video talking about one of his favorite winter activities, cross country skiing- kicking off the call for others to submit their videos. https://gogarrettcounty.com/health-officer-bob-stephens-encourages-time-outdoors-3-prize-points/
§ Kathy Schrock gave an exclusive interview led by Fred Polce about Mountain Haven. https://gogarrettcounty.com/an-exclusive-interview-with-mountain-haven-3-prize-points/
§ Karen Devore taught us soft belly breathing techniques to find our calm.
https://gogarrettcounty.com/soft-belly-breathing-with-karen-kamauff-devore-3-prize-points/
§ We got moving in a body sculpt class with Jen Sober at Fit With Jen Studio. https://gogarrettcounty.com/a-class-at-the-studio-fit-with-jen-3-prize-points/
§ Learned how to make homemade soup from Lisa McCoy. https://gogarrettcounty.com/fun-techniques-for-making-healthy-soups-3-prize-points/
Well-being has many aspects: improved nutrition with healthy recipes, stress relief, fitness, resources for mental health and recovery, volunteerism, and free food to help address food insecurities while supporting local businesses. These are a few we’ve covered for Pop Health Issue 3. It does take a well-rounded community, rich with resources to meet a person right where they are on the well-being journey! Take action today and make one positive change for yourself.
Like well-being, public health also has many aspects but they both have the same goal, improved health. The Garrett County Planning Tool helps us capture aspects of public health that may be easily overlooked. Here’s what’s been happening on MyGarrettCounty.com.
Gillian Shreve uploaded a new file: Section D FY2020 Highlights and Achievements for the FY 2022 Garrett County Behavioral Health Plan of Operations to the group: Behavioral Health Authority.
To see the group Behavioral Health Authority’s homepage: https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/behavioral-health-authority/
To download the new document directly: https://mygarrettcounty.com?get_group_doc=243/1611868532-SectionDFY20HighlightsandAchievementsforcomment.docx
Karl Schwalm posted an update in the group Child and Adolescent Wellness Workgroup: https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/increase-adolescent-well-child-checks/ to keep people up-to-date in between meetings. We invite you to Go to the discussion to reply or catch up on the conversation.
Linda Costello scheduled a Painting event for Sunday, February 7, 2021, at 2 pm. If you would know a Southern Garrett High School Student that would like to do this please have them email [email protected]. Join the conversation in the IMPACT action group: https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/garrett-county-maryland-2017-rwjf-culture-of-health-prize-winner/impact/
Additional grant opportunities posted by John Corbin here: https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/grant-development/forum/
Start a conversation with Les McDaniel about the Behavioral Health clinic in the action group: https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/behavioral-health/
Home visiting services empower parents, at no cost, to give their child the best beginning in life! Check out Maria Friend’s work in the following action groups:
https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/early-care-programs-system-of-care/
Mitzi Wiltison from Garrett Regional Medical Center updated the Ad Hoc Committee on Diabetes to begin tracking referrals from our GoGarrettCounty.com efforts into her diabetes programming. https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/health-planning-council/ad-hoc-committee-on-diabetes/
The Dental Care Center continues to see patients and update data in their action group: https://mygarrettcounty.com/groups/oral-health/garrett-county-hd-dental-care-center-28520238/
Visit garretthealth.org to keep up-to-date with the latest COVID-19 updates.
Until next time, let’s keep extending kindness and look for ways to help our neighbors!
