title: Bringing people together for improvement.
abstract: The MHA North Central Hospital Council's first involvement in community health issues began in 1995 and focused initially on conducting a comprehensive assessment of health status in the North Central Council (NCC) region. More recently, the council's board identified a desire to collaborate across northern Michigan in making measurable improvement in youth physical activity. What follows is a description of the process that we have followed in our efforts to move beyond mere assessment to bringing people together for programs directed at improving health.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kinney
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006293:Health Promotion; D006306:Health Surveys; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010809:Physical Fitness