Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 5 Stories Filtered by Access to Care, Education, Educators, and Nonprofits United Way of Greater Atlanta: Data-Driven Partnerships to Increase Access to Health Care February 27, 2015 In a community as large and diverse as Atlanta, the County Health Rankings are a valuable source of data that helps to inform the... Read more In Utah, United Way Makes Strong Link Between Education and Health February 10, 2015 Education is a key component to health – we know that better educated individuals live longer, healthier lives than those with less education, and... Read more Changing the Trajectory of High-needs Families: United Way of Central Ohio February 5, 2015 The County Health Rankings are based on a model of population health that emphasizes the many factors that, if improved, can help make communities... Read more Mason County, WA: Building a Roadmap to Better Health by Investing in Education March 17, 2013 In Mason County, WA—which ranked 35 out of 39 counties in the state in the 2012 County Health Rankings—a diverse group of partners has... Read more How a Low Ranking on Health Mobilized Wyandotte County, Kansas March 21, 2011 Wyandotte County, Kansas has made significant strides toward achieving public health since it finished in the bottom of the 2010 Kansas County Health Rankings. Read more
United Way of Greater Atlanta: Data-Driven Partnerships to Increase Access to Health Care February 27, 2015 In a community as large and diverse as Atlanta, the County Health Rankings are a valuable source of data that helps to inform the... Read more
In Utah, United Way Makes Strong Link Between Education and Health February 10, 2015 Education is a key component to health – we know that better educated individuals live longer, healthier lives than those with less education, and... Read more
Changing the Trajectory of High-needs Families: United Way of Central Ohio February 5, 2015 The County Health Rankings are based on a model of population health that emphasizes the many factors that, if improved, can help make communities... Read more
Mason County, WA: Building a Roadmap to Better Health by Investing in Education March 17, 2013 In Mason County, WA—which ranked 35 out of 39 counties in the state in the 2012 County Health Rankings—a diverse group of partners has... Read more
How a Low Ranking on Health Mobilized Wyandotte County, Kansas March 21, 2011 Wyandotte County, Kansas has made significant strides toward achieving public health since it finished in the bottom of the 2010 Kansas County Health Rankings. Read more
