Exciting tools and resources to support communities

February 18, 2025

At County Health Rankings & Roadmaps we're reflecting on the progress made in 2024 to advance health and equity. We're especially thankful to have worked with our partner organizations to highlight the structures and factors shaping community health.

We know that the months ahead include uncertainty and challenge. We are grateful to be in this work with you.

Here are some of the exciting resources and tools CHR&R created in 2024 to support communities. And stay tuned — we’re introducing a new model of health this year!

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Data

We released national, state and county-level data for 85 measures related to health in our 2024 Annual Data Release.

The data are now available in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. We also improved our Compare Counties tool and changed our approach to offer data-informed groupings.

Webinar

Our monthly webinars covered topics from ways to support healthy aging to public health alternatives to policing and incarceration.

Watch all of our webinars on demand here.

What Works for Health

We updated 52 and added nine new policies and programs to our What Works for Health database, including evidence-informed strategies such as community-based doulas, fentanyl test strip distribution programs and PFAS regulations.

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Podcast

We released two new series on civic education and public health's political, powerful roots in organizing. Our most popular episode featured Citizen University CEO Eric Liu on embracing power and education for civic health.

Tune in to all episodes here.

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Our website

More than 700,000 people visited our website and we had over 1.4 million website page views in 2024.

County snapshots and national datasets were among the most popular resources. Visitors also checked out the 2024 National Findings Report, highlighting the connections between civic participation and health.

Narratives for Health

We trained over 100 people on the power of narrative at our cohorts and workshops and introduced more than 300 people to public health narratives at our orientation presentations.

Explore our resources to build narrative power and advance health and equity here.