Strategic Issues:  

How can we promote healthy lifestyles and prevent disease in Pinellas County?

• Utilize resources to educate and raise awareness.
• Promote health messaging campaigns.
• Utilize preventative measures via education and health screenings.

Health promotion and disease prevention encompasses a range of health concerns, including obesity, cancer, heart disease, tobacco use, and immunizations. Cancer and heart disease are among the leading causes of death in Pinellas County. Pinellas smoking rates remain higher than the state and Healthy People 2020 goals. Similarly, Pinellas's children remain under-vaccinated, putting them at greater risk for infectious disease.

• Goal 3.1 Promote the attainment and maintenance of health through nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyle behaviors.