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“Take Action Cycle” Webinar Series Helps You Improve Local Health
You’ve seen your county’s Rankings data, but what’s next? How can you use the Rankings to make your county a healthier place to live, learn, work, and play?
This webinar series, based on the “Take Action Cycle” guide that provides individuals and organizations with tools and resources to improve local health, walks participants through each step of the community health improvement process.
Taking Action! Milwaukee’s Efforts to Reduce Teen Birth Rates
The County Health Rankings model includes teen birth rates because they are so strongly tied to lower levels of educational attainment and cyclical poverty—two factors we know negatively impact health.
The city of Milwaukee once had the second highest percentage of teen births in the nation, however innovative work by the United Way of Greater Milwaukee seeks to change...
Taking Action: Working with Local Policy Makers to Build a Culture of Health
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps strive to inspire communities to take action on the many factors that impact health. Recently, we hosted a webinar examining how to work with local policy makers.
Chris Rodgers, Douglas County Nebraska County Commissioner joined us last week to discuss his successful efforts and provide insights on engaging policymakers. Commissioner...
Target Your Community’s Needs, Health Through Education
Kimberley Klint has a message for the business leaders in her community concerned about the waves of retirement from current baby boom-generation workers: “Your future workforce is sitting in our classrooms right now.”
That message has been part of a drive in rural Mason County, Wash., where Klint’s organization –...
Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks Discusses Community Health Improvement
On the heels of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Annual Conference, we were able to discuss improving community health with Roy Charles Brooks, Tarrant County Commissioner and chairman of NACo’s Healthy Counties Initiative.
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Teleconference Replay
Did you miss last week's teleconference announcing the release of the 2013 County Health Rankings? You can listen to a replay of the conference!
During the teleconference, Michelle A. Larkin, Assistant Vice...
The 500 Cities Project: What’s happening in your neighborhood?
As part of the 500 Cities Project, the CDC, CDC Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a first-of-its-kind interactive web application to provide city- and neighborhood-level health estimates for the 500 largest U.S. cities. The interactive data maps allow users – from policymakers and health advocates to community organizers and...