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DELAWARE, Oh. – The Delaware Public Health District is pleased to announce that Delaware County is the healthiest county in Ohio for the ninth year straight.   The 2023 County Health Rankings issued today places Delaware County as first in Ohio for both health outcomes and health factors. Health outcomes focus on how healthy people are presently and health factors are based on how healthy people will be in the future. The rankings, presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and [...]

Delaware, OH — Several community members, businesses, schools and groups recently received recognition through the 2022 Keep Delaware County Beautiful Awards, including: The Recycling Award, which recognizes an outstanding effort or action that contributes significantly toward the success of recycling in Delaware County, went to two different recipients – Genoa Township and local high school [...]

Delaware, OH — The Delaware Public Health District’s Community Health Assessment (CHA) reported in 2022 that 33 percent of male adults stated they had five or more alcoholic drinks and female adults reported four or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion in the past month – making them what would be considered binge drinkers. In [...]

Delaware, OH — The Delaware Public Health District Community Health division is announcing today the availability of $15,000 in limited grant funds to promote projects aimed at enhancing physical activity, healthy eating, and access to opportunities that promote living a healthy lifestyle for Delaware County residents through the Creating Healthy Communities (CHC) Mini Grant program. Funds from [...]

Delaware, OH — Keep Delaware County Beautiful, a coalition led by the Delaware Public Health District, announced today the start up of a brand new program aimed at helping residents keep food scraps out of the landfills and back into the soil through the benefits of composting.   The idea of starting a residential composting program was [...]

Delaware, OH — Each November, the SAFE Delaware County Coalition acknowledges those who passed away due to motor vehicle crashes in Delaware County through a remembrance ceremony. Traditionally a display of wreaths with the name of each victim is dedicated as a reminder to drive safely during the holiday season. This year’s ceremony will remember the 13 traffic crash [...]

Delaware, Oh. -- The Board of Health on Tuesday voted to approve the hiring of Garrett Guillozet as the next Health Commissioner of the Delaware Public Health District.     Guillozet has over 17 years of direct experience in local public health, including most recently serving as the Health Commissioner for Ross County Health District since 2020. In [...]

Delaware, Oh. – Delaware City Schools and Olentangy Schools will join schools from around the U.S. to celebrate National Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.  Delaware City School students from Carlisle, Conger, Shultz, Smith and Woodward Elementary Schools and Olentangy School students from Alum Creek and Tyler Run Elementary Schools will be [...]

Delaware, Oh. — The SAFE Delaware County Coalition is warning drivers to take safety precautions while on the roadways as 2022 is on a trend to be the deadliest in Delaware County since 2016.   “Historically, the county suffers anywhere from four to 8 deadly motor vehicle crashes during the last three months of the year,” said Jackie Bain, [...]

Delaware, Oh. -- Health Commissioner Shelia Hiddleson announced to the Board of Health this week that she will retire from the Delaware Public Health District on Dec. 31, 2022 as she has accepted a full-time position with the national Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), where she will be able to use her skills, many of which were [...]