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Implementation Guide for Results Based Accountability

This guide is intended for those working to implement Results-Based Accountability or Outcomes-Based Accountability in their community. The guide is devoted to how to do the work. It can be found in Evaluate Actions under...

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Implementing Photovoice in Your Community

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides observational techniques that can supplement other data sources with pictures and observations about the physical environment of the community. It provides guidelines, tips and resources for producing projects that highlight “before, during and after” stories. It can be found in...

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Improving Health Equity through Rural Economic Development

After decades of economic stagnation in Klamath County, Oregon—a region of about 66,000 people—the Healthy Klamath Coalition came together in 2012 to create a healthier community. Since then, the county has seen an increase in graduation rates and revitalization in parts of their urban center and has taken steps to create more jobs and stronger networks of interconnected social,...

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Improving Health through Equitable Economic Development and Strategic Partnerships

We know that good health goes beyond medical care and is influenced by economic opportunity, affordable housing, and quality education - all factors that communities can transform. Equitable economic development is a multifaceted and comprehensive approach to community transformation that advances equity when areas like displacement prevention, racial segregation, neighborhood disinvestment,...

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In It For The Long-Haul: How Coalition Building in Louisville is Supporting Families Impacted by Mass Incarceration

Situated on the banks of the Ohio River on Kentucky’s northwest border, Louisville is most frequently known as home to whiskey distilleries, the Kentucky Derby, and the famous Louisville Slugger baseball bats. However, more recently, it is also home to a community grappling with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Louisville resident and EMT, and public calls for police accountability.

County Health Rankings Model (Health Factor)

Income, employment and wealth

Employment is the condition of having paid work, which provides income and often benefits such as health insurance and paid sick leave. Employment, and the income and benefits it provides, shape our choices about housing, child care, medical care and more. Wealth, or the accumulation of assets, makes it easier for people to manage job changes, emergencies, education costs and retirement. As employment, income and wealth increase or decrease for individuals, families and communities, so do opportunities for health.