Healthy Maywood I West Cook
PEOPLE + PARTNERSHIP = POSSIBILITIES
“A healthy community is one where people have the opportunity to make healthy choices, in environments that are safe, free from violence, and designed to promote health. Factors that influence health range from early childhood education to quality housing and jobs and include many other areas of community development such as financial inclusion, access to health clinics and healthy food, sustainable energy, and transportation.”
Village of Maywood, President
Mayor Nathaniel George Booker
Elements of a Healthy Maywood
SOCIAL & CULTURAL COHESION
The health of a community is dependent not only upon the genetics of its residents, but also upon the environment within which those individuals live. A person’s health is a product of their environment. As such, a healthy community is one in which all residents have access to a quality education, safe and healthy homes, adequate employment, transportation, physical activity, and nutrition, in addition to quality health care. Unhealthy communities lead to chronic disease, such as cancers, diabetes, and heart disease. The health of our communities is critical to the growth and development of our region. To build healthy communities in Maywood, we must develop multi-sectoral collaborations between community members and stakeholders to ensure the sustainability and adequacy of resources to support comprehensive reform.
“There is nothing impossible to
him who will try.”
— Alexander the Great