Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 10 Stories Filtered by Alcohol and Drug Use, Education, and Quality of Care 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 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 United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey: Multiple Approaches to Building a Culture of Health February 2, 2015 According to the 2014 County Health Rankings, Camden County ranked 17th out of 21 counties in New Jersey. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and... 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 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 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 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 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
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
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
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey: Multiple Approaches to Building a Culture of Health February 2, 2015 According to the 2014 County Health Rankings, Camden County ranked 17th out of 21 counties in New Jersey. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and... 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
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
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
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
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
