SC Public Health

Creating Healthy Communities

What Is Creating Healthy Communities?

Sandusky County Public Health (SCPH) is one of 31 local health departments awarded funding from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) with the Creating Healthy Communities (CHC) grant. This program promotes health by working with priority communities to implement policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes that improve access to healthy foods and opportunities for active living. Through numerous partnerships and collaborations, program strategies take place in different communities, schools, and work sites throughout Sandusky County.

Vision: Vibrant Ohio communities where everyone has access to healthy food and opportunities for active living.

Mission: Activating community-led solutions to create sustainable change in policies, places, and population health.

CHC Equity Statement: Health equity is achieved when all people in a community have access to affordable, inclusive, and quality infrastructure and services that, despite historical and contemporary injustices, allows them to reach their full health potential.

CHC Principles:

Sustainable and equitable investments: CHC invests in policies, projects, places, and people to create and sustain equitable, inclusive opportunities for healthy eating and active living.

Self-awareness and empathy: Everyone involved in CHC prepares to engage in the work by strengthening self-awareness and empathy.

Community-led solutions: Community members experiencing health inequities or social marginalization partner with CHC to amplify their collective power and lead solutions for their community.

Organizational partnership: Organizations partner with CHC to align with and direct resources toward community members’ vision and priorities.

Coordinator responsibility: CHC Coordinators approach their relationships and work with humility, transparency, dependability, and respect for others.