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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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Team Blueprint
This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) clarifies your partnership’s goals, project scope, meeting processes, and how you will work together; it also identifies roles and responsibilities.
Tearless Logic Models
This tool (from the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice) takes the traditional logic model approach and translates it into a less daunting process that breaks the logic model process down into a series of manageable, jargon-free questions. Justin Greenleaf, one of the authors of this article, has also created a short presentation...
Tearless Logic Models Presentation
This tool (from Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice) is a short presentation of the tearless logic model.
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...
Templates for Sharing the Rankings on Your Websites and in Your Newsletters
This tool (from Burness) provides sample language for sharing information about the County Health Rankings on your website or in your newsletters
Ten-Year Reflections on the County Health Rankings
As County Health Rankings & Roadmaps moved through the first 10 years, it adjusted and course-corrected to better engage the organizations, people and communities across the nation that interact with and utilize the tools and resources made available in the name of broadening the definition of health.