Title

Indicators Of A Healthy And Sustainable Community: The Central Florida Experience

Keywords

Central florida; Health care; Health care delivery; Healthy communities; Healthy community initiatives

Abstract

The society, economy, and health and well-being of residents in the Central Florida region create a holistic perspective of a healthy community. This article discusses the important role health care organizations play in developing and creating healthy communities. It also discusses the responsibility health care providers in the Central Florida region have to the communities they serve using this broad-based approach to a healthy community. A history is presented showing how a local initiative to develop a healthier community led to the development of several healthy community indicators for the Central Florida region. The article delineates how the indicators reflect the health and long-term viability of the 7 counties comprising the Central Florida region. A number of public policy implications and the role of the region’s health care system in furthering these indicators are presented for the broadly defined categories of crime, education, the local economy, and transportation. © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Health Care Manager

Volume

23

Issue

2

Number of Pages

145-155

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/00126450-200404000-00008

Socpus ID

3142688084 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/3142688084

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