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FULL POTENTIAL | Facts about growing up healthy in Franklin County: 2008 Collaborative Children's Health Report

Table of contents

Sparking a Conversation
Working Together
Executive Summary
Infant Mortality
Immunization
Asthma
Teen Smoking
Teen Pregnancy
Unintentional Injuries
Adolescent Suicide
Adolescent Homicide
Access to Health Care
Obesity Community Resources
References
The well-being of its children is the most important measure of a community's quality of life. Are children safe? Do they have nutritious food to eat? Are they getting a good education? Will their childhood circumstances contribute to, or detract from, realizing the dreams we have for them?
As we continue to build strong neighborhoods in central Ohio, we must make the health and safety of our residents, especially children, a priority. Today's report indicators will help us as a community better understand the significant health challenges children in central Ohio face and how we as a community can work together to address these factors.