MyGarrettCounty.com

Goal:

To reduce chronic disease and minimize common risk factors by promoting local programs and increasing referrals by implementing a well-being program that utilizes behavior change principles.

Strategy Description:

To promote and measure well-being through broad digital engagement with content curated by the community, coordinated across sectors by featuring existing resources to improve well-being. This group was redeveloped in March of 2023 to reflect changes in funding and programming.

Level of Change:

Programs

Primary Focus Area:

Chronic Diseases and their common risk factors: lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use

Data Category Tag:

GCHD Population Health

Strategic Planning Alignment:

Education

Estimated Implementation Date:

2023-03-03

Estimated Completion Date:

2025-12-03

Estimated Ease of Implementation:

Moderate

Estimated Cost of Implementation:

Very Low

Potential Community Benefit:

High

Health Equity:

Health Equity is demonstrated in this initiative because regardless of income, a person has the same opportunities to learn from high-quality information and earn the same reward prizes from various services.

Research:

1. Maryland Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2019. 2 Maryland Department of Health. Diabetes Action Plan. https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/CCDPC/Pages/diabetes- action-plan.aspx Accessed December 16, 2020.