Community health resource project: highlighting One Health resources across rural Georgia to build healthier communities.

ABSTRACT: Public health professionals frequently engage with residents of rural Georgia to conduct needs-based initiatives, which aim to identify deficiencies and shortcomings in community health. However, this process can exacerbate existing stereotypes and lead community members to feel a sense of despair in their own communities. The Community Health Resource Project (CHRP) offers a counterbalance through a strengths-based approach by highlighting animal, plant, human, and environmental resources, or "One Health" assets, that currently exist in the community. CHRP begins by analyzing publicly available county-level data to gain an initial understanding of the health landscape before proceeding to the field. Next, the team engages in Participatory Asset Mapping (PAM) to gather community-driven qua

SUBMITTER: Jules TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12631809 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature