Community Stories Health improvement efforts from around the country 14 Stories Filtered by Community Members, Nonprofits, Policy, and Systems Change McDowell County: Community Health Center Takes Extra Step to Keep West Virginia Patients Healthy and Active October 19, 2011 West Virginia has one of the highest obesity rates in the country and McDowell County is no exception, where more than a third of... 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 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 First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Currently on page 2
McDowell County: Community Health Center Takes Extra Step to Keep West Virginia Patients Healthy and Active October 19, 2011 West Virginia has one of the highest obesity rates in the country and McDowell County is no exception, where more than a third of... 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
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