Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 5 Stories Filtered by Assess Needs Resources and Community Members PART II: Holmes County, Mississippi’s Ambassadors for Health March 11, 2013 As Margaret Mead famously said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only... Read more Rockingham County, North Carolina Establishes Task Force to Identify the Root Causes of Its Poor Health Rankings, Develops Recommendations July 11, 2011 Rockingham County, dubbed as North Carolina’s North Star, is nestled at the tip of the Northern Piedmont Triad region and cradled by the foothills... Read more Addressing High Rates of Obesity in Muscatine County, Iowa March 25, 2011 Every five years, all counties in Iowa are required to perform a health needs assessment, then submit a detailed health improvement plan to the... Read more Part I: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 Kirk Smith wasn’t surprised when Genesee County’s health behaviors ranked last among Michigan’s 82 counties in the 2010 County Health Rankings. Read more Improving the Health and Well-Being of Southeast Kansas March 10, 2011 Nearly 180,000 people live in the nine counties of Southeast Kansas (SEK) region including Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson... Read more
PART II: Holmes County, Mississippi’s Ambassadors for Health March 11, 2013 As Margaret Mead famously said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only... Read more
Rockingham County, North Carolina Establishes Task Force to Identify the Root Causes of Its Poor Health Rankings, Develops Recommendations July 11, 2011 Rockingham County, dubbed as North Carolina’s North Star, is nestled at the tip of the Northern Piedmont Triad region and cradled by the foothills... Read more
Addressing High Rates of Obesity in Muscatine County, Iowa March 25, 2011 Every five years, all counties in Iowa are required to perform a health needs assessment, then submit a detailed health improvement plan to the... Read more
Part I: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 Kirk Smith wasn’t surprised when Genesee County’s health behaviors ranked last among Michigan’s 82 counties in the 2010 County Health Rankings. Read more
Improving the Health and Well-Being of Southeast Kansas March 10, 2011 Nearly 180,000 people live in the nine counties of Southeast Kansas (SEK) region including Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson... Read more
