Let’s Go! Garrett County
Join Garrett County’s newest well-being initiative, designed to make healthy choices, easy choices! Registering for an account is FREE, and you’ll have multiple opportunities to win great prizes as you learn tips and tricks to prevent or tackle chronic diseases.
Myths About Quitting Smoking – Learn More About Resources Available in Garrett County to Quit Tobacco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_VdbAxx91Q Narrative: Myths about quitting smoking I have a friend who’s pregnant and she smokes, so I’ve been trying to find out information to help her quit. She’s afraid she’ll be more stressed if she quits, and it will hurt her...
Smoking & Pregnancy – Learn More About Resources Available in Garrett County to Quit Tobacco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOCD-ZDH_0 Narrative: I would like to talk to you about the effects of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke on you and your baby during pregnancy. Remember- you are breathing for two and your growing baby is very much...
Upcoming Event: Trauma-Informed Care Town Hall
https://youtu.be/0Gg8cHgikao Preguntas? Llámenos al 301-334-7730 para servicios de traducción. Accessibility assistance available at 301-334-7730. Article By Diane Lee, Public Information Officer, Garrett County Health Department The Garrett County Health Department...
How Do We Determine Which Health Concerns To Prioritize?
This month marks the beginning of our county-wide Community Health Assessment process where we have both the privilege and responsibility to accurately collect and report what issues matter most to our community members! We each have our own ideas about what it...
Equal Pay Day
People need to make a living wage and be paid fairly. Strides are being made, but The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2020, women still earn 82 cents for every dollar a man earns. The University of Pennslyvania's Wharton School of business conducted a study in...
What Can You Do To Help?
An informed community is more likely to be a healthier community! It's easy to give in to feelings of hopelessness as war erupts in Ukraine. Burdened and worn out from Covid-19, watching events unfold in Ukraine deepens the feelings of despair for so many. As we focus...
Check Out This Fun Fat Tire Bike Ride Happening This Weekend!
Our friends at the Deep Creek Adventure Bureau (DCAB) are hosting another great "just for fun" fat tire bike ride event this weekend at Herrington Manor State Park! Learn more on the DCAB Facebook event page at: https://fb.me/e/556IGf9ls This event is a great...
Learn More About How Our Community Is Working Together To Help Youth
During a 2017 Status of Health update presented by the Health Officer to the Board of Health, a troubling statistic was presented. A data point published by Maryland’s Statewide Health Improvement Process (SHIP) showed that Garrett County had the lowest number of...
Learn More About Outdoor Recreation & Fat Biking in Garrett County w/ the New Garrett County Podcast, Mountain Maryland Mamas, Featuring Accessible Outdoor Recreation w/ Sarah Myers & the Deep Creek Adventure Bureau
Did you know that there's a podcast based in Garrett County?! We didn't until yesterday! Our friend Sarah Myers, who operates the Deep Creek Adventure Bureau (which you may remember from the free fat tire biking event a few months ago!) was recently featured on a new...
Simple Ways To Improve Health
The lessons our grandma's spent time imparting to us about kindness and writing notes are on point with a new study revealing there are some surprisingly simple and inexpensive ways to improve our well-being! On Go! GC we cover it all when it comes to well-being;...