S1 E06 An Equitable Approach to Community Heath Planning in Garrett County MD

Show Notes

Podcast host Peter Eckart met up with Shelley Argabrite, health planner for Garrett County Health Department, while they were both at the Communities Joined in Action conference in Atlanta, GA. Shelley explained how the health department has developed a digital data platform that has transformed the way they engage hard-to-reach rural residents in community health planning, making the process more equitable and using multi-sector data to drive decision-making. She also shared how, with funding from the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI), Garret County Health Department is working to make the digital tool available to other communities across the U.S.