Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 5 Stories Filtered by Community Safety, Education, and Program In Utah, United Way Makes Strong Link Between Education and Health February 10, 2015 Education is a key component to health – we know that better educated individuals live longer, healthier lives than those with less education, and... Read more Changing the Trajectory of High-needs Families: United Way of Central Ohio February 5, 2015 The County Health Rankings are based on a model of population health that emphasizes the many factors that, if improved, can help make communities... Read more United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey: Multiple Approaches to Building a Culture of Health February 2, 2015 According to the 2014 County Health Rankings, Camden County ranked 17th out of 21 counties in New Jersey. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and... Read more Mason County, WA: Building a Roadmap to Better Health by Investing in Education March 17, 2013 In Mason County, WA—which ranked 35 out of 39 counties in the state in the 2012 County Health Rankings—a diverse group of partners has... Read more How a Low Ranking on Health Mobilized Wyandotte County, Kansas March 21, 2011 Wyandotte County, Kansas has made significant strides toward achieving public health since it finished in the bottom of the 2010 Kansas County Health Rankings. Read more
In Utah, United Way Makes Strong Link Between Education and Health February 10, 2015 Education is a key component to health – we know that better educated individuals live longer, healthier lives than those with less education, and... Read more
Changing the Trajectory of High-needs Families: United Way of Central Ohio February 5, 2015 The County Health Rankings are based on a model of population health that emphasizes the many factors that, if improved, can help make communities... Read more
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey: Multiple Approaches to Building a Culture of Health February 2, 2015 According to the 2014 County Health Rankings, Camden County ranked 17th out of 21 counties in New Jersey. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and... Read more
Mason County, WA: Building a Roadmap to Better Health by Investing in Education March 17, 2013 In Mason County, WA—which ranked 35 out of 39 counties in the state in the 2012 County Health Rankings—a diverse group of partners has... Read more
How a Low Ranking on Health Mobilized Wyandotte County, Kansas March 21, 2011 Wyandotte County, Kansas has made significant strides toward achieving public health since it finished in the bottom of the 2010 Kansas County Health Rankings. Read more
