Nominations for the 2024 Live Healthy Fairfax Awards are now open. Submit your nomination by December 15, 2023.
Partnership for a Healthier Fairfax 2022 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting took place on December 7, 2022 and focused on the Partnership’s accomplishments in 2022, a lookahead to 2023 and an educational program featuring Deeply Rooted: History's Lessons for Equity in Northern Virginia.
A healthy community means more than good medical care; it involves giving everyone the opportunity to make healthy choices. Too many children and adults in the Fairfax community face preventable health risk factors such as inadequate physical activity; poor nutrition; heart disease; obesity; and tobacco, alcohol or drug use.
Consider the following statistics:
- Chronic diseases account for 7 of the 10 leading causes of death and are responsible for 86 percent of health care costs in the United States.
- In Fairfax County, 20 percent of adults are overweight. However, 85 percent report participating in regular physical activity.
- About one in ten adults in Virginia smokes.
- Thirteen percent of our residents lack health insurance, including 16 percent of adults and 5 percent of children.
- Only 27 percent of our kids eats at least 5 fruits and vegetables every day.
In addition to identifying strategies for preventing chronic diseases, the Live Healthy Fairfax effort is promoting policy, systems and environmental changes that will help the Partnership for a Healthier Fairfax achieve its vision: Fairfax — an engaged and empowered community working together to achieve optimal health and well-being for all who live, work and play here.
You can make a difference in the health of our community. Join us!
Community Health Improvement Plan 2019-2023
The Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is an action-oriented plan created to make the Fairfax community a healthier place to live. The plan focuses on three health issues: Healthy Eating, Healthy Environment and Active Living, and Behavioral Health.
Priority Issues
Healthy and Safe Physical Environment
Improving the community environment to support good health for all.Active Living
Increasing opportunities for physical activity to improve health.Healthy Eating
Making healthy food affordable and accessible for all through the Fairfax Food Council.Tobacco-Free Living
Reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke where community members live, work and play.Health Workforce
Expanding the workforce capacity to meet the health care needs of a diverse community.Access to Health Services
Improving access to and quality of health care services.Data
Integrating public health data to improve monitoring, analysis, reporting, and evaluation of community health.Community Health Dashboard
The Community Health Dashboard tracks more than 100 key health and quality of life indicators by geographical region and topic.