Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 5 Stories Filtered by Community Safety and Quality of Care Efforts to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes by the Midwest Business Group on Health June 9, 2014 The Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH), based in Chicago, is raising awareness about the importance of full term births and best practices for... Read more PBS Documentary Tells Violence Interrupters’ Story February 21, 2014 In 1995, epidemiologist Gary Slutkin founded Cure Violence, formerly called Ceasefire. Dr. Slutkin believes that violence should be treated like an epidemic, and can... Read more Connecting the Dots in Fulton County, GA: Working Together to Save Lives May 10, 2013 According to the 2013 County Health Rankings, Fulton County, Georgia ranks 29 out of 156 on overall health, yet 55,000 adults and 25,000 children... Read more Never Giving Up: Addressing Drug Addiction in Scott County, Indiana September 4, 2012 What would you do if the county you’d lived in and loved for many decades was ranked the least healthy county in your state... 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
Efforts to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes by the Midwest Business Group on Health June 9, 2014 The Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH), based in Chicago, is raising awareness about the importance of full term births and best practices for... Read more
PBS Documentary Tells Violence Interrupters’ Story February 21, 2014 In 1995, epidemiologist Gary Slutkin founded Cure Violence, formerly called Ceasefire. Dr. Slutkin believes that violence should be treated like an epidemic, and can... Read more
Connecting the Dots in Fulton County, GA: Working Together to Save Lives May 10, 2013 According to the 2013 County Health Rankings, Fulton County, Georgia ranks 29 out of 156 on overall health, yet 55,000 adults and 25,000 children... Read more
Never Giving Up: Addressing Drug Addiction in Scott County, Indiana September 4, 2012 What would you do if the county you’d lived in and loved for many decades was ranked the least healthy county in your state... 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
