Community health goes beyond the family to the community as important to the health and well-being of children. Children need a healthy and safe environment in which to grow up.
There is a big difference between living on a farm, in a small town, in the suburbs, or in an inner city. A neighborhood plagued by crime is an unhealthy community in which to raise children. Not to mention the need for children to grow up in a healthy environment that provides clean air to breathe and clean water to drink.
Other community links that can influence the health of children include schools, sports programs, and learning resources (such as libraries). To expand on the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child,” it might be said that “It takes the community to raise a healthy child.”
