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Finding strategies to improve transportation and community health
The ability to access and use systems that support daily journeys to work, school, the grocery store or a friend’s house can impact the health of individuals and communities. Our team recently updated several transportation-related strategies in our What Works for Health database.
Finding Support through Kansas Reading Roadmap’s Literacy Integrated Family Engagement
No matter our age, we all remember how it felt to hear those three little words: back to school. It popped up in late summer - on the radio, on TV, and in every shop window - and inevitably caused that complicated mix of excitement and anxiety about what the new school year would bring. And when you become a parent, those same feelings return, but often with new worries - whether your child is...
Five-Part Blog Series: Five Communities Who are Creating Real Change
Since its inception in 2011, the Roadmaps to Health Action Center has offered a complement of online resources, tools, and human guidance. As part of the Action Center, community-focused coaches have partnered with individuals and teams in nearly every state across the United States to help them identify and work toward their health and equity goals.
Focus on What’s Important: Webinar Recap
On July 10 the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps webinar series profiled Bexar County, Texas, where collaborators used the National Association of County and City Health Officials' Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) tool to guide their Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP).
Focusing on Early Childhood Programs to Improve Community Health
In 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America released 10 recommendations to improve health outside of health care. One of those initial recommendations was “ensure that all children have high-quality early developmental support (child care, education, and other services).” The 2013 reconvening of the...
Four Trailblazing Communities Awarded the RWJF Culture of Health Prize
Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation celebrates four communities from across the country who are rallying around a shared commitment to health, opportunity, and equity. Selected from nearly 200 applicants, the winners of the 2018 Culture of Health Prize are: Cicero, Illinois; Eatonville, Florida; Klamath County, Oregon; and San Antonio, Texas. These four winners join a growing...
Funding Opportunity: Apply for a $25,000 Rural Health Award
Do you have an idea for improving health in rural communities? The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, based in North Carolina, recently announced the “Innovations in Rural Health Award” and is seeking ideas to address rural health care challenges. Three winners will receive a $25,000 New Rural Award for their innovative and inspiring ideas. Any individual or organization from across the U.S. is welcome to apply. The deadline is October 31.
Learn more about the Award and how to apply on the Trust’s website.
Funding Playgrounds, Parks to Boost Community Health
Access to playgrounds and other recreational facilities is known to increase physical activity and improve physical fitness, and in McDowell County, N.C., efforts to boost access to recreational facilities have led to successful funding of upgrades to playgrounds and parks.
More than a year ago the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of North Carolina...
Get Inspired: Least Healthy County in Indiana is Determined to Improve Health
What would you do if the county you'd lived in and loved for many decades was ranked the least healthy county in your state for three years running? What if you found out your county has the highest rate of prescription drug deaths in a six-county area?
Good Health Depends on More Than Great Doctors and Fine Hospitals
As mayor of Kansas City, Kan., Joe Reardon is justifiably proud of the University of Kansas Medical Center, which has trained several generations of physicians and nurses for more than 100 years. After all, the medical center is consistently rated as the best hospital and treatment center in the state, according to a popular ranking of health institutions.