Championing Change: Elected Officials Act Locally to Make Their Communities Healthier

Resource Summary

This article discusses how elected officials are acting locally to make their communities healthier through efforts to build partnerships across sectors, engage community residents, get buy-in from colleagues, identify no-cost and low-cost solutions, communicate co-benefits, identify sources of funding, and work with public health and nonprofit partners.

Available online: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/publications/championing-change-elected-officials-act-locally-make-their-communities-healthier