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Hernando, MS
The 2011 County Health Rankings classified Desoto County as the healthiest county in Mississippi for health outcomes and the fifth-healthiest county for health factors, with lower unemployment rates, higher education rates and greater access to healthy food compared to the rest of the state. Yet much more work needs to be done to improve the health of Desoto County, as one-third of its adults are obese and Mississippi, overall, has the highest obesity rates in the nation.
Historygram Process
The Historygram Process (from SMART Learning Systems) helps groups capture what community partners want to keep, start, and stop doing. It also celebrates different perspectives from the community.
Holding Awards Ceremonies
This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides ideas for when and how to conduct recognition events.
Honoring seven new Culture of Health Prize communities
Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation honors and elevates U.S. communities that are making great strides in their journey to better health and well-being. On October 19, 2016, RWJF honored seven communities who won this year’s RWJF Culture of Health Prize at a National Celebration and Learning Event at its...
How a Low Ranking on Health Mobilized Wyandotte County
When Wyandotte County, Kansas finished dead last in a 2009 health rankings study, Mayor Joe Reardon wanted some answers. The Kansas County Health Rankings showed that Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, was the least healthy of 105 counties in the state. The study looked at multiple factors that affect health, including behaviors like smoking, factors in the environment like clean air, access to care, and socio-economic factors like poverty.
How are Communities Using Rankings Data to Improve Local Health?
Throughout the country, residents and local community leaders are using County Health Rankings data to prioritize and coordinate health improvement efforts. Two projects are now highlighted on our stories page.
How Can Reforming Public Safety and Incarceration Impact Public Health?
How is public safety part of your community’s health? County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program staff welcomed community leaders from 2013 RWJF Culture of Health Prize community, Santa Cruz County, CA to share how they addressed the issues of crime, safety and incarceration to improve community health. According to representatives from Santa Cruz...
How can the Rankings continue to help local communities improve health for all?
As many of you know, the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program (CHR&R) can be a go-to source for local communities in raising awareness of the broad range of factors that matter to our health and driving change in these areas. But what you may not realize is that each year, state by state, the Rankings also draw attention to the meaningful gaps from the best to...
How Can We Help Our Grantees Strengthen Their Capacity for Evaluation?
This tool highlights suggestions from foundations, including assessing a foundation's own capacity for evaluation; encouraging a sense of ownership among grantees around the evaluation process; and combining group-based and one-on-one training. This link can be found in the Philanthropy &...