Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 5 Stories Filtered by Employment, Quality of Care, Tobacco Use, and Program 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 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 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
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
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
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
