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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Youth in Tunica, Mississippi, show
off their community garden during a
Tunica County Parks and Recreation
summer program in 2018.
Creating Equitable Community
Wellness Hubs
Not a one-size-fits-all approach
By Maureen Neumann
I
n 2018, NRPA staff traveled to Tunica County, Mississippi, to learn
more about county staff's work supporting youth in healthy out-ofschool
time programs (tinyurl.com/2p8fypuv). But, this rural community
in the heart of the Delta was doing so much more than offering
summer programs. They were leveraging their community assets to
ensure everyone - regardless of age - had access to social supports that
enhanced their health and well-being. In short, they were organically operating
as a Community Wellness Hub.
This wasn't an isolated occurrence.
Across the country, park and
recreation agencies in communities
of all sizes, rural and urban, have
been
operating as Community
Wellness Hubs, which build on the
existing strengths, assets and foundations
of local park and recreation
agencies. Community Wellness
Hubs address the root causes
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of health and social inequities and
promote health across multiple
levels of intervention. They serve
as essential infrastructure, leveraging
partnerships and the resources,
skills and knowledge of other
sectors to integrate programs and
services that advance equity, resilience,
and health and well-being
across seven interdependent and
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interconnected dimensions - cultural,
economic, emotional, environmental,
intellectual,
and
social.
Creating Community
Wellness Hubs
Park and recreation professionals
can transform a specific physical
space into a Community Wellness
Hub by providing an equitable
and inclusive set of programs
and services in one central location.
They also can function as
stewards of Community Wellness
Hubs at a larger, system-wide level,
shifting their agency mission,
operations and practices to function
in a more holistic, intentionphysical
PHOTO
COURTESY OF TUNICA COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION

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