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The Healthy Hall Partnership has organized its evaluation around
four major areas of inquiry—health, safety and security, connections
to the community and confidence in the future.
Health
Without good physical health, no person or
group can be truly healthy. To evaluate health in Hall County, the
Healthy Hall effort measures access to care, personal health practices
and attitudes that contribute to healthy lifestyles.
Safety & Security
A sense of living at risk undermines the
health of an individual, a family, a neighborhood and a community. The
Healthy Hall study seeks to measure citizens’ attitudes toward risk and
fear, as well as their levels of confidence in the institutions that
protect them.
Connections To The Community
The definition of community implies that
people live together, get along and help one another. The more a
community is connected by living, working, and serving together, the
more edifying and healthy it will be. The Healthy Hall assessment seeks
to measure the extent to which Hall Countians connect, as well as some
of the attitudes that keep people apart.
Confidence In The Future
An essential element of a healthy community
is optimism and confidence that says whatever has taken place in the
past, the future will be better. A hopeful attitude is healthier than a
pessimistic one. The Healthy Hall study attempts to measure feelings of
hope and confidence within the community.
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