"Our individual health is linked inextricably to every segment, every aspect of our community life. How well each of us cares for our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health is brought to light throughout the community in our schools, government, life expectancy, healthcare costs, safety and crime, social justice and equity, finances, if we vote, our motivation to volunteer, happiness, and more. If we want a healthy community, we start with the person we see in the mirror."  

Rural Health Information Hub 

Thomas G. Bognanno, president and CEO of Creating Healthier Communities 

Healthy People 2020, an initiative of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.  

Centers for Disease Control 

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 

World Health Organization 

University of Nevada Lincy Institute