Working Groups

As part of the Vision 2020 process, community-based Work Groups have been established for each of the five healthiest community goals. The Work Groups are comprised of community members, community leaders and community service providers. Participants are working together to develop a shared definition of what it means to be the healthiest community; identify measurable indicators; and to design or identify interventions and programs for specific indicators.

Health Access

“The timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes.” - Institute of Medicine Access to Health Care In America (1993)

Health Literacy

Working Definition - “The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” - Healthy People 2010

Working Definition - “A shared responsibility in which patients and providers each must communicate in ways that the other can understand” - Helen Osborne, Health Literacy from A to Z

Health Status

Working Definition - Identify and achieve specific and measureable health status outcomes

Social Capital

Working Definition - “The collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).” - The Saguaro Seminar, Harvard

Working Definition - “The social networks, connectedness, and the trust and norms of reciprocity that arise from them.” - Helen Osborne, NHCF's, 2006 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey

Wellness Opportunities

Working Definition - Creating opportunities (built environment) that support healthy lifestyles and overall well-being - Workgroup member