Vibrant Valley: Advancing Health Equity in the Mahoning Valley
What does “good health for all” mean for Mahoning County?
Vibrant Valley is a coalition of community members and county stakeholders working to address systemic challenges to health equity head on.
By working together, we’ll have a greater collective impact.
We ground our work in ongoing data collection and health improvement efforts in Mahoning County, such as community health assessment / improvement processes and health equity grant programs. We’re working to make these processes rooted in community input, centered on health equity, and driven by data and accountability.
What’s below the surface?
When it comes to health, we ask: what’s the underlying issue? What’s the root cause? Education, economic stability, neighborhood and environment, family and community support, community safety, healthcare quality, and other factors all affect health. No matter what you’re passionate about and how you serve your community, there is a place for you in this work.
“I feel very confident that there’s a lot of people here who really do care and they want to make a difference. The needs are high. The demands are high. The resources are low. So it becomes so critical for us to really figure out, we’ve always done it this way. Can we explore what it might do if we did something different?”
— Dr. Nicolette Powe, YSU Professor and Vibrant Valley Founding Member