What is Healthy Carolinians?Healthy Carolinians is part of a state-wide effort to encourage counties to identify priority health issues and create or support coalitions and collaborative efforts that address them. Nearly every county in North Carolina has a Healthy Carolinians partnership with guidance from the Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians. The Task Force is responsible for setting health objectives, reviewing partnership activities, and certifying each partnership.
Click a link below to learn more about an organization.  Healthy Carolinians of the Albemarle
Healthy Carolinians of the Albemarle (HCOTA) is a community-based network of agencies and citizens dedicated to improving the quality of life through health and wellness, where its main focus is to eliminate health disparities across the four counties of: Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, and Perquimans, by addressing the emerging health trends. HCOTA has two subcommittees: The Action to Benefit Chronic Disease (ABCD) subcommittee, and the Albemarle Fitness and Nutrition Council (AFNC) subcommittee. Click here to learn more about Healthy Carolinians of the Albemarle.Three Rivers Healthy Carolinians
Three Rivers Healthy Carolinians (TRHC) is a community-based network dedicated to improving the quality of life for all residents in the Bertie and Chowan Counties. TRHC partnership continues to strive to identify the populations of Bertie and Chowan counties with health disparities and responding to their specific needs. TRHC is recognized as a NC Governor’s Task Force Partnership and is divided into three subcommittees: Chronic Disease Management, Fitness and Wellness, and Maternal and Child Health. Click here to learn more about Three Rivers Healthy Carolinians.Gates Partners for Health
Gates Partners for Health (GP4H) is a network of agencies and citizens dedicated to improving the health and quality of life with people of all ages within the Gates County community. Priorities of GP4H are divided into three major focus areas: physical activity and nutrition, chronic disease, and injury prevention. The committees consist of representation from local agencies, faith communities, and interested citizens. Click here to learn more about Gates Partners for Health. 2010 Health ObjectivesNorth Carolina's 2010 Health Objectives set out a comprehensive and ambitious statewide agenda that provides a direction for improving the health and well being of North Carolinians over the decade. In 1999, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., appointed the Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians through an Executive Order. A major assignment of the Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians was to develop a list of health objectives for the Year 2010. The health objectives listed in the 12 focus areas call for improving the health of all North Carolina residents and the health of the community. Many of the objectives call for increasing healthy behaviors and reducing or eliminating illness, disability, and premature death. Other objectives focus on broader issues such as access to health care and treatment services, community health, and environmental health. Focus Areas
Healthy Carolinians, North Carolina Division of Public Health and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine is working to improve population health. A Task Force has been assembled to work on Healthy North Carolina 2020 Objectives and a broad-based campaign to make North Carolina the healthiest state in the nation. For more information on the Governor's Task Force or other partnerships within the state, visit http://www.healthycarolinians.org. |
