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The Florida Department of Health works to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts.

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Florida Department of Health in Walton County

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

To learn more about social determinants of health: CDC Social Determinants of Health

- Social determinants are circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. 

To learn more about the Leading Health Indicators: Healthy People 2020 & HealthyPeople.gov - Leading health indicators are a set of objectives created to help identify sentinel measures of public health, and to encourage wide participation in improving health. 

To learn more about what works to promote health: The Community Guide to Preventive Services

- Free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community.

To learn more about health and wellness: Healthfinder.gov

Home to reliable health and wellness information.

To learn about the areas where focus can be applied to improving county parks:

Walton County Parks Assessment 2021