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Portsmouth isn't the healthiest city around. The city recently ranked 118th of 132 places in Virginia, according to a County Health Rankings study.
Rates of stroke, heart attack and obesity are higher here than in many other Virginia communities, according to Amy Paulson, director of Eastern Virginia Medical School's Consortium for Infant and Child Health.
To help turn the tide, the city recently kicked off "Healthy Portsmouth," a community initiative where citizens brainstorm ways to improve public wellness.
In a bid to cut Baltimore's high infant death rate, a new public health campaign is hammering home a message to prevent more loss: Babies should sleep alone on their backs in a crib.
Driving that message will be some poignant representatives: local mothers who have lost their children. Their faces will be on billboards and their voices will be in radio spots. There will be a video shown in maternity wards, some speaking and some door-knocking.
Residents in Halifax County weren’t too thrilled to find out where they call home ranks 96 in the state as one of the least healthy counties. In response to the MATCH — a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute — the Halifax County Health Department presented “For a Healthier Halifax,” at The Centre at Halifax Community College. The forum was designed to inform members of county government, economic development, health care and health program workers, and the community at-large about what’s being done to improve Halifax County’s health rankings and ways the community can become involved in making improvements.
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