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Virginia Commonwealth University Releases New Life Expectancy Maps for Major U.S. Cities
Four new life expectancy maps illustrate that opportunities to lead long and healthy lives vary dramatically by neighborhood. Released today, the maps— created by researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)—highlight how babies born only miles apart in cities including...
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Percentage of citizen population aged 18 or older who voted in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.“We Are the Future:” How Youth Are Leading and Creating Change in Gonzales, CA
With 1 in 3 residents under the age of 18, 2019 RWJF Culture of Health Prize winner Gonzales knew truly representative policy and systems change could only be achieved if youth had a seat at the table. Thus, the Gonzales Youth Council (GYC) was born, carving a path for youth to lead and creating a powerful platform for them to voice their concerns and shape solutions.
Welcome to our 2016 Rankings!
This month marks the seventh release of our Rankings, and we are so pleased to bring you not only updated and new measures for you to see a snapshot of your community’s health - we’re excited for you to take part in our movement to build a Culture of Health in counties across the country.
What’s new this year on our website? Here’s just a taste of what you can find (be sure to...
What are the Implications for Women’s Health?
Women are far more likely to live in poverty than men – and, as the Rankings have shown us, poverty leads to poorer health outcomes.
Yesterday, Women’s Policy, Inc. hosted a lunch briefing on the County Health Rankings to discuss their implications for women’s health. Women’s Policy, Inc. is a...
What Does it Take to Build a Culture of Health?
Recently Julie Willems Van Dijk, co-director of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, moderated a Google+ Hangout exploring how local communities are building a Culture of Health. Joining her were representatives from three RWJF Culture of Health Prize communities:...
What Works for Health adds equity analysis
What Works for Health (WWFH) has added an equity analysis to its database of strategies to help users identify ways to advance health and equity in their community.
What Works for Health: Education Strategies Added
Education is one of the key factors that can make communities healthier places to live, learn, work, and play – but when we try to improve education, what works? To help communities tackling this question, we added four new strategies to What Works for Health (WWFH).
Three of...
What’s in a disparity rating? Identifying evidence-informed strategies to advance equity
What Works for Health evidence analysts are engaging in a process to strengthen the enhance disparity ratings to reflect how a strategy might influence disparities among a range of characteristics such as age, gender, and disability.