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Ignite Outer Banks

We are taking part in the global movement proven to improve health and well-being for entire communities, cities, and counties. This new way of thinking and working will enhance the places we live, work, learn, and play.

Outer Banks Health and Dare County are bringing together civic and community leaders to work with Blue Zones to improve the well-being of residents and visitors of the Outer Banks region. Through community well-being enhancements, we are taking our Community Health Needs Assessment and action planning to the next level, setting up residents to live long, healthy, happy lives and inviting visitors to enjoy healthy perks while they are here.

Outer Banks Health, part of ECU Health and Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, is a health care system that provides a range of health and well-being services to Dare County, the easternmost county in North Carolina and home to the Outer Banks region. Outer Banks Health is one of the nation’s top rural health systems, as the first in the nation to pilot groundbreaking rural health cancer programs and one of the first to be designated as a Dementia Friendly Hospital. This partnership with Blue Zones will help to enhance the quality of life and well-being of all residents in the region they serve for years to come.

Blue Zones is the proven innovator for improving the well-being of large populations, with remarkable success in businesses, cities, and states across America.

In this phase, Blue Zones global experts are performing a Readiness Assessment, a structured exploration of the Outer Banks. They are working with our local community health leaders and organizations to learn and assess the state of our well-being. Becoming a Blue Zones Community is a three-phase process, and the Readiness Assessment is the first step.

Coming Soon

Ignite Outer Banks Community Keynote Event Recording

Outer Banks Health Podcast Episode with Blue Zones’ Dan Buettner Jr. and Outer Banks Health’s Amy Montgomery

What We Do

READINESS ASSESSMENT
FREE TOOLS
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READINESS ASSESSMENT

Blue Zones experts will collaborate with leaders to assess readiness and build a plan for change. During this period, we will: educate and mobilize local leaders and residents, evaluate the community’s current state of well-being, identify the highest priority strengths, challenges and opportunities, and produce and present a plan for community transformation.

FREE TOOLS

Blue Zones engages individual community members through online health and well-being assessments, the True Vitality^® Test and the True Happiness^® Test, the True Nutrition Test, and an interactive Blue Zones^® Life Plan. All are available for free to all community members as part of the program. These customized online tools are designed to help raise individual awareness surrounding personal health and well-being, with the goal of increasing overall life expectancy.

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MEET THE EXPERTS

The Blue Zones team is comprised of a range of inspirational, innovative community transformation and well-being experts.

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“In an age when poor health seems so intractable, you’ve taken this community from a place of resignation to a place of hope.”

Dr. Vivek Murthy

U.S. Surgeon General after his orientation to the Blue Zones work in the Beach Cities, California

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Join the movement that will make healthy choices easier in the Outer Banks. Together, we can make our community a healthier, happier place to live, work, and play.

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