Community-Centered Health

Community-centered health is a new way of addressing health, building trust, and creating community change to improve health. In this approach, community members partner with healthcare organizations to identify, lead, and act on improvements that lead to optimal health for all people.

West Marion Community Forum is using a community centered health approach to drive systemic changes to address childhood obesity and the underlying factors that contribute to this health disparity in McDowell County, NC. West Marion will do this by working with historically excluded residents in African-American, Latinx, and white communities focusing on food access, physical activity, transportation, and youth engagement. This work is supported by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina.