To address the environmental health needs of St. Mary's County.
Strategy Description:
Improve environmental health outcomes in St. Mary's County, including factors in the natural environment such as air quality, water quality, and exposure to toxic substances as well as the built environment, including transportation, access to healthy food, and all of the physical parts of where people live, work, and play.
Level of Change:
Systems
Primary Focus Area:
Environmental Health
Data Category Tag:
Healthy St. Mary’s 2026 - Environmental Health
Strategic Planning Alignment:
Estimated Implementation Date:
2021-07-01
Estimated Completion Date:
2026-12-31
Estimated Ease of Implementation:
Moderate
Estimated Cost of Implementation:
Moderate
Potential Community Benefit:
Very High
Health Equity:
The Healthy St. Mary's Partnership advocates for a health in all policies approach within the community and encourages the use of an equity lens in planning and implementation of all programs and strategies.
Research:
Environmental Health includes factors in the natural environment such as air quality, water quality, and exposure to toxic substances as well as the built environment, including transportation, access to healthy food, and all of the physical parts of where people live, work, and play. Maintaining a healthy environment is key to increasing quality of life and years of healthy life.
