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Community Health Education

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​Promoting individual health, healthy communities, and healthy environments

Priority health concerns for 2016 – 2020 for the seven southernmost counties of Illinois include:
  • Obesity
  • Cancer
  • Type II Diabetes
  • Heart Disease
With smoking, poor diet and sedentary lifestyles being the most common risk factors for disease, programming within the health education division educates persons on how to make changes and ways to break barriers toward a healthier lifestyle.  By reducing tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure, increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, and reducing obesity incidence, our risk of disease will decrease.  As the risk of disease decreases, our quality of life years will increase. While it’s true some factors cannot be changed such as age, gender, and family history, it is also true a person can make a difference by making changes in their own health.

Health Education programs include working with schools, churches, and communities to implement evidence based programming.  Through programming and systems changes our communities can better be able to promote healthy lifestyles, increase life expectancy, live healthier and fit lives, and improve the health of generations to come. 

To view priority health concerns for our seven counties and strategies to address these concerns go to Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN),  or Illinois Department of Public Health IPLAN website. 

For more info.:

Natalie Sawyer, Health Education Director
 (618) 634-2297, ext. 9136

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Programs:

  • Cancer Prevention
  • CATCH on to Health!
  • Diabetes Prevention
  • START! Walking Paths
  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  • Tobacco Prevention 

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Administrative Office:
37 Rustic Campus Drive
Ullin, Illinois 62992

618.634.2297
618.634.9340
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Southern Seven Health Department is an equal opportunity employer and provider, complies with applicable federal civil rights laws, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. 

  • Home
    • Agency Info >
      • Contact Us
      • Board of Health, Policy Council & Other Reports
      • Careers
      • 2013 Cancer Report
  • Public Health Division
    • Public Health Locations >
      • Alexander
      • Hardin
      • Johnson
      • Massac
      • Pope
      • Pulaski
      • Union
    • Clinic Services >
      • WIC >
        • Breastfeeding Support
      • Family Case Management
      • Immunizations/Screenings >
        • Flu Shots >
          • FAQ Flu Vaccine
        • Bright Smiles
        • FAQ Immunizations
        • Newborn Screenings
      • Pregnancy Testing
      • STD and HIV Testing
      • Blood Leads
      • Tuberculosis
    • Health Education >
      • CATCH on to Health!
      • Teen Pregnancy Prevention
      • Cancer Prevention
      • Tobacco Programs
      • Diabetes Prevention
      • Start! Walking Paths
    • Environmental Health >
      • New Food Establishments
      • Food Service Sanitation Program >
        • Temporary Food Event
        • Cottage Food Industry
      • Food Safety
      • Private Sewage Disposal & Water Supply Programs
      • Vector Control
      • Fees
      • West Nile FAQ
    • Southern 7 County Medical Reserve Corps >
      • Registration
  • Head Start
    • Locations >
      • Administration
      • Anna ELC
      • Cairo ELC
      • Cobden ELC
      • Dongola ELC
      • Egyptian ELC
      • Hardin Co. ELC
      • Jonesboro ELC
      • Metropolis ELC
      • Mounds ELC
      • Pope Co. ELC
      • Vienna ELC
    • Enrollment
    • Parent Training Info
  • 5K Run/Walk
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)