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This Year’s Rankings Show Differences in Health and Opportunity by Place and Race
For nearly a decade, our annual County Health Rankings have shown that where we live makes a difference in how well and how long we live. This year, our analyses find that meaningful health gaps persist not only by place, but also by race and ethnicity.
These gaps are largely influenced by differences in opportunities – from a lack of access to quality health care to a lack of safe,...
This year’s webinar series covers ways to work in solidarity
This year’s webinars will cover themes such as loneliness and isolation, the injustice of poverty, democracy, the criminal justice system, healthy aging supports and disability rights.
Tracking COVID-19 in Near Real Time: Open-Source Data Tool Shows the Health, Social, and Economic Effects of COVID-19
Since COVID-19 struck the United States, there’s been a constant call for real-time, local-level data. The University of Chicago Center for Spatial Data Science’s US COVID Atlas is helping to answer that call.
Tracking COVID-19: Recently Updated US COVID Atlas Offers More Complete Picture of the Pandemic Experience
The US COVID Atlas, created by the University of Chicago, is a robust data resource measuring everything from the number of COVID cases, deaths, vaccinations, and hospitalizations, to identifying where community clinics are located, and analyzing and defining trends happening over time.
Twitter Chat: Connecting minority youth to opportunity
More Latino youth are “disconnected”—not in school and not working—than their White peers, according to recent County Health Rankings data.
How can we connect more Latino and minority youth to healthy, successful futures?
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the County...
Understanding community health with improved Compare Counties tool
Recent improvements to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Compare Counties tool provide new ways to learn about a county’s health relative to other counties across the country.
Understanding Transportation’s Impact on Community Health
A lot of research indicates that better pedestrian and transportation options help create healthier communities. In fact, countries with...
Unearthing root causes behind social determinants of health
It is well understood that housing, access to nutritious foods, livable wages and a host of other factors outside the doctor’s office influence how long and how well we live. But what shapes those conditions? Who and what decide who receives the resources necessary to thrive?
Unjust and Unfair: Health Consequences of the Racial Wealth Divide Webinar Series
In conjunction with our podcast In Solidarity’s exploration of the racial wealth divide, we are airing a two-part webinar series on the topic titled Unjust and Unfair: Health Consequences of the Racial Wealth Divide.