Healthy People

Monroe County citizens will achieve and maintain good physical and mental health. 
  • Provide research based information on wellness to the public at least six times year.
  • Continue monthly Monroe/Summers Counties Tobacco Prevention Coalition Meetings.
  • Educate the public on breast cancer health issues
  • Educate the public on CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program)
  • Publish at least three Wellness Topics Newsletters a year

 

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The Breast Cancer Awareness team and Monroe/Summers Counties Tobacco Prevention Coalition have teamed up together to combine meetings and efforts.

The Monroe/Summers Counties Tobacco Prevention Coalition provides oversight of a grant that enables this Coalition to publish at least three issues of Wellness Topics Newsletter that is inserted into the Monroe Watchman and Hinton News reaching a minimum of 5,000 households in both counties.  We are dedicated to educating the public about the health risks of tobacco use. click Tobacco Prevention Grant Application 2007-2008.  

The Breast Cancer Awareness Committee plans and coordinates a yearly Cancer Walk in Monroe County in October.  Money raised from the walk provides screenings for women that have no insurance or are underinsured.  

The Breast Cancer Awareness team

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The Monroe/Summers Counties Tobacco Prevention Coalition   

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Members include: Donald Reed, Jr., Dorothy Larew, Thelma Workman, Debbie Sizemore, Shirley Neel, Willis Hall, Shirley Hall

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Background:  The Monroe/Summers Counties Tobacco Prevention Coalition and the Breast Cancer Awareness team has been meeting monthly at the Monroe Health Center in Union.  The Breast Cancer Awareness Committee has been a proactive team since 1998.  They educate the public about the importance of breast self-exam, mamograms and catching breast cancer early.  Information is provided by members at Health Fairs, Farmer's Day, Autumn Harvest Festival and one to one.  A yearly cancer walk is held in October with the proceeds going to pay for screenings for women with no insurance or underinsured. Sixty-three women were diagnosed with breast cancer in Monroe County 2001-2004.