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South Delta Counties (MS) Profile sfdsdf
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Health Policy
Team Profile Summary
The Mississippi counties of Sharkey and Issaquena are served by the South Delta Place Matters Team. The South Delta team is constituted by the Sharkey Issaquena Health Network (SIHN), an organization which brings together the healthcare and health related agencies of the South Delta. Almost 9% of 3-4 year olds enrolled in Head Start in the region are obese, and are at risk for developing diabetes and high blood pressure—health problems that are very prevalent in the counties.
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San Joaquin Valley (CA) Profile sfdsdf
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Prince George's County (MD) Profile sfdsdf
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Health Policy
Team Profile Summary
The Prince George’s County Team is aggressively engaging a broad sector of expertise, ranging from public health professionals to legislators, in order to develop sustainable, high-level strategies that address childhood obesity and youth mental and behavioral health – two of Prince George’s County’s most significant health concerns.
Prince George's County (MD) sfdsdf
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Health Policy
Team Profile Summary
The Prince George’s County Team is aggressively engaging a broad sector of expertise, ranging from public health professionals to legislators, in order to develop sustainable, high-level strategies that address childhood obesity and youth mental and behavioral health – two of Prince George’s County’s most significant health concerns.
Orleans Parish (LA) sfdsdf
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Health Policy
Team Profile Summary
New Orleans, Louisiana is an ideal setting for exploring new approaches to youth violence interventions for a number of reasons. The city-level YRBSS results for 2005 indicate that New Orleans youth exceed the rest of the U.S. youth population in rates of carrying guns (9.0% vs. 5.4%), being threatened or injured by a weapon at school (15% vs. 8%), participating in a physical fight (46% vs. 36%), and being involved with dating violence (21% vs. 9%).
Mid-Mississippi Delta (MS) Profile sfdsdf
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Health Policy
Team Profile Summary
The Mid-Mississippi Delta Team (MMD) has targeted childhood obesity as the focus of its work. With the reduction in childhood obesity, the assumed consequences would be a reduction in Type II Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease. According to aneki.com, the United States has the highest obesity rate in the world. In 2005, Mississippi’s obesity rate of 30.9% was the highest in the nation. The rates are even higher in the African-American population, with obesity rates in boys as high as 49% and 39% in girls.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. County (WA) Profile sfdsdf
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Health Policy
Team Profile Summary
In King County, there are racial inequities in well-being that are influenced by such factors as: institutionalized racism, income, access to living-wage jobs, access to education and resource-rich schools, neighborhoods and access to safe, affordable housing, and criminal justice involvement. Racism and inequities in income, educational attainment, housing, and criminal justice involvement result in health disparities.
