Health Needs - Increasing Healthy Lifestyles

The physical health and wellness of the residents in a neighborhood is directly associated with the residents' ability to actively participate in empowering its community. A neighborhood composed of a high percentage of teen pregnancies, uninsured, under-insured, unemployed, under-employed, and medically under-served residents has a lower capacity to support and maintain its neighborhood. 

The goal of the neighborhood leaders and residents should be to increase the ability of youth, families, and neighborhoods to improve their physical and emotional health through coordinating resources and programs (click a link below) that include: