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ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – Rowan County Public Health has announced that Healthy Rowan has launched their newest community-wide program called Rowan Moves. On January 1st, the online physical activity tracking platform went live for all community members to access free of cost. When you think about how to protect yourself, your family, and your…

The Healthy Rowan Coalition, a group of more than 25 local organizations, has been working with Community Care Clinic of Rowan County and Capstone Recovery Center to integrate lifestyle education and skill building into patient treatment and resident recovery plans. “This type of change needs to take place from the top down,” says Community Care…

SALISBURY — Alyssa Harris, the county’s community health manager, presented some grim statistics Monday that show a decrease in the county’s overall health ranking and highlighted priorities for 2020 after discussing the 2019 State of the County Health Report with county commissioners. The purpose of presenting the report to the board, Harris said, is to…

SALISBURY – Rowan County is just shy of the bottom 25th percentile in the state in terms of health, according to an annual report released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report ranks every county in the country against those within their states. Alyssa Harris, executive director of Healthy Rowan, said healthy behaviors have…

Saint Peter’s, Salisbury, began a garden ministry in 2015. The congregation sits on about 13 acres of land. There are many people in the congregation who have a good knowledge of farming and gardening. We also understand that part of God’s mission is that the hungry be fed, so it seemed to be a natural…

Hi all! Alyssa Smith here, back with your Health Connection blog! I hope you all have enjoyed seeing social media posts about different nutrition programs happening in Rowan County, that you’ve had a chance to hit up the newly opened Salisbury-Rowan Farmer’s Market, and that you’ve learned a little more about what Rowan has to…

Which comes first, the chicken’s drug abuse or his emotional and mental problems? Or his unhealthy living habits? The top priorities identified by a recent United Way assessment don’t really have anything to do with chickens, but you get the idea. Rowan County residents have closely intertwined needs when it comes to substance use, mental…

SALISBURY — Through information from public opinion surveys, focus groups and statistical data provided by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, substance abuse, mental health and healthy lifestyle behaviors were identified as priorities in the Rowan County United Way needs assessment. Matt Simon and Erin Magee of the Gillings School presented their findings…

ROWAN COUNTY, NC (WBTV) – Substance use, and its connection with the opioid epidemic, emerged as Rowan County’s greatest concern in need of fixing, according to the Community Health and Human Service Needs Assessment presented by the Rowan County United Way on Tuesday morning. “It shows that it has to be addressed,” said Steve Fisher…

SALISBURY — The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has identified Rowan County’s top needs as housing and homelessness; violent crime; child abuse and neglect; transportation to essential health and human services; employment and workforce readiness; access to health care; healthy lifestyle behaviors; substance use; and mental health. Last month, community leaders and representatives…