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Even When Your County is Healthy, a Check-Up Can Help
Dane County, Wisconsin is, for the most part, a pretty healthy place to live.
I should know.
I’m one of the developers of the County Health Rankings. The report -- produced by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- ranks counties in all 50 states on overall health, and on the many factors that affect health.
Everett Trechter (MPP)
Evidence in Action: A Guide to Selecting Effective Prevention Strategies
This tool (from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Health) outlines a step-by-step process to efficiently determine which strategies are likely to improve the health of your state or local community.
Example of a College Level Assignment
This example (from Laura Senier) illustrates how you can use the County Health Rankings in a course.
Excessive Drinking*
Percentage of adults reporting binge or heavy drinking (age-adjusted).Exciting tools and resources to support communities
At County Health Rankings & Roadmaps we're reflecting on the progress made in 2024 to advance health and equity. Here are some of the exciting resources and tools CHR&R created in 2024 to support communities.
Executive Summary: Ten-Year Reflections on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
As County Health Rankings & Roadmaps moved through the first 10 years, it adjusted and course-corrected to better engage the organizations, people and communities across the nation that interact with and utilize the tools and resources made available in the name of broadening the definition of health.
Exercise prescriptions
Provide patients with prescriptions for exercise plans, often accompanied by progress checks at office visits, counseling, activity logs, and exercise testing
Expedited partner therapy for treatable STIs
Provide prescriptions or medications to patients diagnosed with treatable STIs to give to their partners without provider visits; also called patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT)