Live Healthy Iowa, a grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of Iowans across the state, held what it hopes to be the first of many meetings at Skiff Medical Center on Tuesday.

Headed up by LHI Outreach Corrdinator John Stevens, the meeting was open to public health figures and served as a starting point for implementing the program in Jasper County.

According to data presented by Stevens, Jasper County currently ranks 75th of Iowa’s 99 counties in the Iowa County Health Index, which measures various factors ranging from tobacco use to community safety to determine a county’s wellness environment.