A Community-Wide Public Health Literacy Initiative to Improve the Health and Wellness of Petersburg Citizens and the Economic Prosperity of Our City
This multi-stakeholder, integrated, community-based program bridges the work site, home, and community, connecting Petersburg citizens through an interactive digital health platform that provides a vehicle for increasing awareness, communication, education, engagement, and behavior change.
Our goal is simple: To improve the health of our citizens and the economic prosperity of our city.
The goal is to create a new model for improving health literacy that will enhance the health of our citizens, increase workforce productivity, and improve economic development.
Through public-private partnership funding, a game-based health education platform will be available to everyone in the city free of charge.
Program managers will work with sponsors, community organizations, and other stakeholders to promote and drive awareness of the free community platform, enhance existing programs, and provide incentives. Local universities will play a key role serving as strategic outreach partners, providing valuable educational content, and contributing academic research expertise. Program funding will also be allocated to support research and data analytics to measure outcomes and demonstrate the effectiveness of the Healthier Petersburg initiative.