Community education and access to Care

By Nancy L. Bassett, RN

Health education and prevention are the best utilization of resources for community wellness.

Our focus, locally and nationally, needs to be on the health of our families, especially our children. With substance abuse, Diabetes and Obesity as growing and constant challenges, we owe our children a better future.

I work with committees involved with community education, public immunization clinics, home health needs, school health education, and among others, health fairs for kids.

Teaching health priorities is part of our endorsement for community health. If we can teach families how to plant, grow, harvest, and eat more fruit and vegetables, they then have some of the tools that foster healthy eating choices. Prevention of obesity needs to start early.