HEALTH - Improve people’s health…through higher levels of positive health.
"If we want to truly improve health in Minnesota, we have to move upstream to prevent the chronic diseases that bring people into the health care system in the first place. Not only do those chronic diseases reduce the quality of life and life expectancy for Minnesotans, but the costs of treating them create a substantial burden for our health care system...."
-Dr. Sanne Magnan, Minnesota Commissioner of Health
United Way is working to improve policies, systems and environments and make it easier for Douglas & Pope County residents to engage in healthy behaviors that help prevent chronic disease.