Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas (HPHC), an initiative of The Duke Endowment launched in 2015, is a bold, community-based approach to addressing chronic health issues – such as unhealthy weight, diabetes and heart disease – through the work of local coalitions initiating evidence-based interventions to improve health. HPHC recognizes that health and well-being are created and sustained not just through individual and clinical efforts, but through the cooperation and support of the extended local community. Coalitions involve leaders from a wide spectrum of community organizations – health care, public health, social services, government, education, business and others – to engage residents in improving their health.
The NC Healthcare Foundation works with Population Health Improvement Partners to provide technical assistance and coaching to 10 coalitions across NC. An additional 10 coalitions are supported SCHA in SC.
NCHA Staff Contact
Emily Roland
Senior Director of Programs
NC Healthcare Foundation
919-677-4232
eroland@ncha.org
Trish Vandersea, MPA
Director of Population Health Initiatives
NC Healthcare Foundation
919-677-4115
tvandersea@ncha.org
Cohort 1 Coalitions
LiveWell Catawba
Chatham Health Alliance
Granville Working on Wellness (WOW!)
Montgomery/Richmond 2020 Taskforce
Wilkes Health Action Team
Cohort 2 Coalitions
Brunswick Wellness Coalition
Henderson Partnership for Health
Pitt Partnership for Health
Healthy Robeson
Healthy Rowan
North Carolina Healthcare Association