Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 4 Stories Filtered by Diet and Exercise, Nonprofits, Public Health, Other, and Systems Change Health Department Engages Its Neighbors to Improve Health March 8, 2013 In Atlanta, one of the many places staff at the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness looked to improve health was in their... Read more Maec Waewaenon: Giving Thanks and Improving Health in Menominee County, Wisconsin December 6, 2012 Proud of their Menominee tribal culture and history, residents and leaders in Menominee County responded to being ranked 72nd of 72 counties by redoubling... 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 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
Health Department Engages Its Neighbors to Improve Health March 8, 2013 In Atlanta, one of the many places staff at the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness looked to improve health was in their... Read more
Maec Waewaenon: Giving Thanks and Improving Health in Menominee County, Wisconsin December 6, 2012 Proud of their Menominee tribal culture and history, residents and leaders in Menominee County responded to being ranked 72nd of 72 counties by redoubling... 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
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