Tools & Resources
101 Presentation
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 101 presentation with speaker notes provides an overview of why we rank, what we rank, and how to use the County Health Roadmaps tools and resources to take action in your community.
Executive Summary: Ten-Year Reflections on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
As County Health Rankings & Roadmaps moved through the first 10 years, it adjusted and course-corrected to better engage the organizations, people and communities across the nation that interact with and utilize the tools and resources made available in the name of broadening the definition of health.
Ten-Year Reflections on the County Health Rankings
As County Health Rankings & Roadmaps moved through the first 10 years, it adjusted and course-corrected to better engage the organizations, people and communities across the nation that interact with and utilize the tools and resources made available in the name of broadening the definition of health.
Hernando, MS
The 2011 County Health Rankings classified Desoto County as the healthiest county in Mississippi for health outcomes and the fifth-healthiest county for health factors, with lower unemployment rates, higher education rates and greater access to healthy food compared to the rest of the state. Yet much more work needs to be done to improve the health of Desoto County, as one-third of its adults are obese and Mississippi, overall, has the highest obesity rates in the nation.
San Bernardino County, CA
The 2011 County Health Rankings ranked San Bernardino County—which spans more than 20,000 square miles and a population of more than 2 million—50th out of 56 California counties in health factors like physical environment, social and economic factors, health behaviors and clinical care.
But initial disappointment over its low ranking didn’t prevent the San Bernardino County Health Department from seeing the County Health Rankings as an opportunity to strengthen its current health improvement initiatives and persuade policymakers of the need for change.