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A Farmers Market on the Move in North Carolina
Many people in Rowan County, N.C., don’t have access to healthy foods – so Jon Barber, a local food advocate and farmers market owner, is bringing the fruits and vegetables to them. A non-profit venture in the county trucks a mobile farmers market to food deserts, giving people who have little to no transportation options the opportunity to buy...
A Holistic Approach: Making Social Determinants a True Vital Sign
Recently, TEDMED hosted a Google Hangout to examine the impact of poverty on health—specifically how health professionals can incorporate social determinants of health into everyday clinical encounters. To explore this issue, Philadelphia NPR Senior Health Reporter Taunya English moderated a diverse panel of experts including Dr. Yolande Pengetnze of the Parkland Center for...
A Rankings Founder Urges Senate to Focus on Socio-Economic Factors of Health
With the County Health Rankings, you can see just how much effect socio-economic factors such as income or where you live have on your health. Today, members of a US Senate subcommittee are hearing that message from one of the founders of the Rankings, who was part of a recent article that dives deeper into the socio-economic factors of health for women.
Dr. David...
Actionable Strategies for Communities to Build Health: The RWJF Prize Reports
We sat down with RWJF Culture of Health Prize Director Carrie Carroll and Translational Researcher Olivia Little to learn more about how the suite of RWJF Culture of Health Prize reports can be helpful to communities.
Addressing Challenging Topics through Courageous Conversations
On November 12, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced the winners of the 2019 Culture of Health Prize: Broward County, Florida; Gonzales, California; Greenville County, South Carolina; Lake County, Colorado; and Sitka, Alaska. These five communities...
Advancing Equity by Breaking Down Data in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Populations
Joanne Lee, Collaborative Learning Director at Healthy Places by Design, shares insights from her work with County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, and key takeaways from our latest webinar.
Aligning Partnerships for a Better Tomorrow
Nearly a decade ago, the Walker Area Community Foundation (WACF), a local grant-making organization, started looking at the poor health outcomes and were determined to address them with a more holistic approach.
Allen Smart on the Role of Investment in Rural Health and Problems Rural Communities Face
Typically, people living in urban areas rate their health more highly and are less likely to die prematurely than those living in rural Americans.
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program spoke with Allen Smart, Chair of the Roadmaps to Health Advisory Group, about the insights he gleaned on the state of rural health from a recent meeting on public and...