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Changing our health means ensuring conditions where everyone has the opportunity to be healthy. We all have a role to play:

Build a nation of safe, healthy communities

Health must be a priority in designing our communities, from healthy housing to parks and playgrounds. Walking and biking must coexist with cars and public transportation. We need lower levels of violence and crime so everyone can safely live, work, learn and play. Support farmers markets and local businesses that […]

Adults, age 18 and older, and adults with family members, who have a mental health illness and/or drug or alcohol problem are encouraged to take a brief online survey. Survey results will be used to improve behavioral health services in Hernando County and divert individuals away from the criminal justice system and into treatment. The survey is being conducted by WellFlorida Council for LSF Health Systems. Survey participants can enter to win a $25 gift card. To take the survey, go to http://www.wellflorida.org/surveys/. For more […]

Please join North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (NCFCCC) Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for our 3rd quarter meeting, to be held via conference call. Join the call to learn about our exciting upcoming events for which we are planning, such as partnering with Suwannee River Area Health Education Center (AHEC) for their 9th Annual Rural Tobacco Summit, and planning an event to raise awareness of and provide information about HPV Cancer Prevention.

We will be discussing what opportunities and events […]

Central Healthy Start and Healthy Start of North Central Florida have released the winter issue of A Healthy Start. Designed for pregnant women and mothers with children up to age three, the bulletins are published by WellFlorida Council and Healthy Start. Topics include birth spacing, gestational diabetes, birth plans, coping with crying and more. Both English and Spanish versions of the bulletin are available at www.CentralHealthyStart.org as well as www.HealthyStartNCF.org. Bulletins are being distributed to pediatricians, hospitals, prenatal clinics and community agencies across 16 counties. […]

The 23rd Annual Rural Health Educational Summit, hosted by Florida Rural Health Association (FRHA), will be held from Feb. 28 to March 1 at the University of North Florida Adam W. Herbert University Center in Jacksonville, Florida. The Summit aims to educate participants on current rural health issues in Florida, such as drugs, heroin and opioids in rural communities, Medicaid and scope of practice issues, trends in Florida’s physician workforce, oral health, rural transportation and end-of-life decision making. The registration fee of $225 includes a […]

WellFlorida and the Suwannee River Area Health Education Center are sponsoring a Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) webinar series that will feature two different dates and topics presented by Mary Ann Hodorowicz RD, LDN, MBA, CDE, CEC.

The first webinar will be on Feb. 13, and will focus on increasing reimbursements through Medicare. Diabetes healthcare professionals will learn more about earning Medicare dollars for Diabetes Self-Management Training.

The second webinar, on March 20, will highlight marketing promotions for providers to help DSMES programs reach more people.

The […]

Coordinated Intake and Referral (CI&R) is a program supported by the Florida Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Initiative (MIECHV) and provided by Healthy Start of North Central Florida Coalition. CI&R joins families with children ages 5 and under to services in Alachua County that aim to help families succeed. Initiated in 2016, the program is available to the public at UF Health-Pediatrics at the Children’s Medical Services (CMS) clinic and at the Mother Baby Unit at UF-Shands.

Carolina Rueda, the CI&R Family Partner, is […]

North Central Florida has the highest cancer mortality rate in the state, according to the North Central Florida Cancer Report 2016  produced by WellFlorida for the North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (NCFCCC). The report includes a wide range of cancer data such as cancer death rates, incidence rates and related emergency room visits. It also illustrates disparities between the region and Florida as well as disparities between genders, races, ethnicities and counties.

 NCFCCC is one of Florida’s six regional Cancer Control Collaboratives under the […]

Coordinated by UICC, World Cancer Day is embracing the tagline ‘We can. I can.’ and explores how everyone—as a collective or as individuals—can do their part to reduce the global burden of cancer. Just as cancer affects everyone in different ways, everyone has the power to take action to reduce the impact that cancer has. World Cancer Day is a chance to reflect on what you can do, make a pledge and take action.

For more information on how to get involved, please visit: www.worldcancerday.org