NEW WEBSITE TO TRACK
SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING
COMMUNITY HEALTH GOALS
LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH
L
ast month the Metro Department of
Public Health and Wellness launched
HealthyLouisvilleMetro.org, yet another tool in our ongoing campaign to improve
health in Louisville. The new website tracks
progress toward achieving the goals laid out
in Healthy Louisville 2020, our city’s plan for
improving population health over the next
six years.
Published earlier this year, Healthy Louisville 2020 sets goals and
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makes policy recommendations for 13 key focus areas as a way to
improve our community’s health. The report also presents data
targets for each focus area.
HealthyLouisvilleMetro.org is organized around these 13 focus
areas - Access to Healthcare, Cancer Prevention and Screening, Chronic
Disease Prevention and Screening, Healthy Homes and Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies, HIV Prevention and
Screening, Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, Mental and Behavioral
Health, Obesity Prevention, Oral Health, Public Health Infrastructure,
Social Determinants of Health and Substance Abuse.