Creating a Healthier Sutter - Community Awareness Campaign

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2015

In response to increases in the local chronic disease rate, beginning in 2010, Sutter County Health Division developed the Creating a Healthier Sutter- Community Awareness Campaign. The campaign has increased public awareness of underlying causes of chronic disease and policy, systems and environmental changes which could have an effect on chronic disease rates. The low-cost, comprehensive campaign included developing innovative communication tools including fact sheets and DVDs, engagement of youth advocates, hosting community forums for local leaders and residents, and providing self-management classes for community members currently living with chronic disease. Residents have a better understanding about the environmental contributors to poor health, and a variety of changes have been proposed. Many residents have benefited from participation in the Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, and additional program leaders have been trained to serve neighboring communities. As a result of the Creating a Healthier Sutter- Community Awareness Campaign, policy changes have been made which ultimately will help reduce the prevalence of chronic disease in Sutter County.