Healthy Personians is a community-based partnership that strives to assist the residents of Person County with establishing and maintaining healthy lifestyles. The primary goal of the partnership is to address public health priority areas identified through the most recent community health assessment.
Healthy Personians' mission statement is “Personians Helping Personians to be Healthy”.
Priority areas identified through the 2022 Community Health Assessment are overweight/obesity and substance abuse.
The organizational structure of Healthy Personians consists of the following:
Healthy Personians Advisory Board
Executive Committee
Nominating Committee
Partner Groups
The Healthy Personians Advisory Board is made up of representatives from various agencies as well as the community. The advisory board meets on the second Monday in October and April at 10:00 a.m. at Person County Health Department, unless scheduled otherwise. Guests are welcome to sit in on the meetings. It is recommended that anyone interested in attending a meeting call (336) 597-2204 extension 2277 to verify the meeting schedule, as it may be subject to change.
Healthy Personians' partner groups include the:
Substance Use Disorder Subcommittee (SUDS)
Chronic Disease Action Team
Anyone interested in helping address priority areas through service on a partner group is welcome to do so. Call (336) 597-2204 extension 2277 for more information.
