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The Florida Department of Health works to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts.

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Healthy Communitites

Department of Health in Lee County

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    Mailing Address

    3920 Michigan Avenue 

    Fort Myers, FL 33916 

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    TTY users can contact us through Florida Relay by dialing 7-1-1 or one of the other Relay Toll Free Numbers. 

Prevention is Better than cure

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) recognizes the value in bringing organizations together on shared goals to improve the health of people in Lee County. Through the Healthy Communities program, we work with community partners to prevent chronic diseases from continuing to grow in our area. We are taking steps to bring change to the places and organizations that touch people’s lives every day—schools, worksites, health care sites, and other community settings.

Chronic Disease Prevention Programs

Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last one year or more and that require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States.

Some of the prevention programs available for Lee County residents include: 

Policy, System, environmental Changes in School Settings

DOH-Lee has partnered with the School District of Lee County to encourage and support healthy nutrition and physical activity in early education and school settings. 

   White Healthy Living collaboration title with a Florida Department of Health logo also has a Potato a Tomato and a Carrot with a green Growing Healthy Minds and Bodies tittle   

Healthy Living Collaboration works to improve overall health and increase food security for School District of Lee County students and families.

Through our teamwork, we have brought together more community partners to expand these efforts and create sustainable strategic plans.

  • Students are spending more time outside in the soil, school gardens are flourishing, more students are being exposed to local produce and tasting it through their school cafeterias.
  • In the 2022-23 school year, the school gardens have harvested 4,398 pounds of produce.

To learn more about the program, its partners, and current projects, visit LeeSchools.net. 

Community Settings

For information about how DOH-Lee is working with the community to prevent illness, injury, and death related to environmental factors visit our PACE-EH webpage.