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The Gadsden County Step Up, Florida! Health
Communities Program
The Step Up, Florida Healthy Communities Program
provides funding to all 67 Florida County Health Departments, including Gadsden
County, to develop and implement cardiovascular prevention programs addressing
essential Healthy People 2010 objectives, including good nutrition, physical
activity, heart-healthy environments, and tobacco avoidance.
Gadsden's Step Up, Florida Healthy Communities Program mobilizes community
resources and partnerships to target communities, schools, worksites, churches,
and other groups to implement policy and environmental changes. Funding for
Gadsden's Step Up, Florida Healthy Communities Program is provided through the
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Basic Implementation Grant from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
For more information on the Step Up, Florida Healthy Community Program, click
this link:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/fchdescription.html
If you would like to promote heart health in your community, your Gadsden County
Step Up, Florida! Healthy Communities Program Coordinator can meet with you and
provide ideas and resources for your group.
Please contact Keith Blocker, 850-875-8794
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