Washtenaw County, Health Information and Resources

This is a consumer health guide. Meaning that we hope to provide a wide range of resources that will help inform a person's health and wellbeing. In this guide, you will find resources specific to Washtenaw County and Southeast Michigan. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health literacy as “representing the personal knowledge and competencies that accumulate through daily activities, social interactions and across generations. Personal knowledge and competencies are mediated by the organizational structures and availability of resources that enable people to access, understand, appraise, and use information and services in ways that promote and maintain good health and well-being for themselves and those around them.” 

Improving health literacy in populations provides the foundation on which citizens are enabled to:

• play an active role in improving their own health

• engage successfully with community action for health

• hold governments accountable for addressing health and health equity