Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 4 Stories Filtered by Alcohol and Drug Use, Tobacco Use, and Program How data can inspire a community: Starke County, IN December 12, 2016 Starke County, Indiana, is a rural county that is home to 23,197 people. Despite Starke County’s small size, it’s also a community that is... Read more Making Changes by Focusing on What Works November 26, 2013 For county health officers, sometimes raising awareness isn’t enough. To make lasting change, focusing on programs and initiatives that are proven to be successful... 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 Part II: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 In an April 2011 Rankings in Action webinar, Kirk Smith, president and CEO of the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) commented that the 2011... Read more
How data can inspire a community: Starke County, IN December 12, 2016 Starke County, Indiana, is a rural county that is home to 23,197 people. Despite Starke County’s small size, it’s also a community that is... Read more
Making Changes by Focusing on What Works November 26, 2013 For county health officers, sometimes raising awareness isn’t enough. To make lasting change, focusing on programs and initiatives that are proven to be successful... 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
Part II: Collaborating to Improve Health Behaviors in Genesee County, Michigan March 21, 2011 In an April 2011 Rankings in Action webinar, Kirk Smith, president and CEO of the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) commented that the 2011... Read more