Through various media and educational activities, the program works to promote good health, improve the level of health knowledge within the community, and inform residents of accurate and easy to use health resources and materials.

The program also coordinates the health department’s emergency activities.

Healthy Living Resources

Tips for a Safe & Healthy Lifestyle for the Entire Family 
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
 

General Health & Wellness Information

• Getting Healthy – American Heart Association
• Health Information for the Public - National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
• Quick Guide to Healthy Living US Department of Health and Human Services
• Stay Healthy – American Cancer Society

Resources for Healthy Eating & Fitness

• Choose My Plate - United States Department of Agriculture
• Let’s Move - America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
• CATCH  Coordinated Approach to Child Health
• Illinois Nutrition Education & Training Program - Illinois Nutrition Education and Training Program
• We Can (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition) - National Institutes of Health

Just for Kids & Teens

• Body and Mind - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Kid’s Health - Nemours Foundation Center
• Stay Teen - The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy

Additional Healthy Lifestyles Websites

• CAPHIS Top 100 General Health Sites  - From the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS)