Monadnock Region, Southwestern New Hampshire Working together we can become the nation’s healthiest community

115+ Organizational and Community Partners

Healthy Monadnock Team Linda Rubin Director, Healthiest Community Initiative, Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene Rudy Fedrizzi Director of Community Health Clinical Integration, Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene Tara Germond Senior Planner, Southwest Regional Planning Commission

Healthy Monadnock Seeks {Healthiest} Status Rural community seeking high quality of life for all. Some call us quaint, we prefer adventurous and we want to shake up the status quo. Dedicated followers fuel our appetite and skilled partners keep us fresh, but now we seek something a little racier. Must love kale and winding trails. Have been known to eat an occasional cupcake. Let's escape the ordinary, champion the extraordinary and then scale, accelerate and spread what works to everyone, everywhere.    

Top Three Sources of Community Pride Broad, Bold Vision to be the healthiest community in the nation by 2020 Community Engagement 54% awareness Culture of Health make the healthy choice the easy choice

Areas of Focus for SCALE Create a Culture of Health Decrease in Medical Costs Allows Investment in Prevention Improve Health of All Monadnock Region Residents Equity * Children and families * Mental health and substance abuse * Healthy Behaviors * Health care transformation * Built environment * Social connectedness* Community Economic Development * Community engagement* Social determinants

We are most proud of our work to… Increase Engagement 20,000 visits/year to web site 1500 Facebook “likes” 25% to 54% awareness 3700 Individual Champions 106 School/Organizational Champions 10 Implementation Partners Achieve Measurable Progress Adult obesity rate: Lowest in state at 25% 3rd grade unhealthy BMI: 32% in 2008-09 to 25% in 2013-14 Blood pressure control: 68% in 2010 to 84% in 2014 Adult smoking rate: 21% in 2005 to 17% in 2013 Adult binge drinking: 21.5% in 2011 to 18.2% in 2012

We know a lot about… We need help with… Action planning Awareness/Communications Shared measurement Capacity-building Champion Engagement Sustainability Implementation scale Accountability of partners Governance Collective Advocacy

Favorite Hometown Spots Mount Monadnock Main Street, Keene Monadnock Co-Op The Colonial Theatre Hancock Inn Alyson’s Orchard Stuart & John’s Sugar House Stonewall Farm

Words We Live By….. Our Community Theme Song…. Working together we can become the nation’s healthiest community Live *Share * Model * Inspire Making the healthy choice the easy choice Culture of Health Katy Perry – Roar : “Cause I am a Champion and you’re gonna hear me roar”

Celebrity Spokesperson . . . . Taylor Swift? Debuted in 2006. Music reaches across the genres, breaks stereotypes. Keeps improving / breaks her own records. Known for songs about personal experiences. She likes the color RED.

Director, Healthiest Community Initiative Best way to contact us: www.healthymonadnock.org healthymonadnock@cheshire-med.com Linda Rubin Director, Healthiest Community Initiative lrubin@cheshire-med.com 603-354-54543 ext 3930