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Website and Newsletter Templates
This tool includes language to help you publicize the County Health Rankings on your websites and in your newsletters.
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 Counts
What Counts (from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute) outlines opportunities and challenges for the strategic use of data to reduce poverty, improve health, expand access to quality education, and build stronger communities. It can be found in the Community Development...
What Do You Want? Choosing a Local Policy Goal
This tool (from M+R) provides a set of criteria to help groups select a policy or systems change goal for their community. You can use this tool to facilitate meaningful discussion and decision-making that is grounded in a specific set of criteria.
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 Drives Health
This tool (from RWJF) discusses how social factors like education, income, work, and housing can affect health directly and indirectly. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under ...
What is Policy?
This 2-page introductory fact sheet from Change Lab Solutions can help you introduce partners to the concept of policy change.
What Makes a Community Healthy or Unhealthy?
This video (from RWJF) provides a look at the many factors that contribute to creating a culture of health in every community.
What, So What, Now What Reflection Worksheet
This reflection tool (from CHR&R) helps teams understand the implications of what they're learning and decide what action to take next.
Find it in Evaluate Actions under Evaluate Your Partnership and Make Changes.