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Use Our Action Learning Guides as Your Roadmap to Change
Are you ready to be an agent of change in your community, but don’t know where to start? Without a roadmap to navigate complex policies, concepts, and paths to partnerships, figuring out the first step to creating meaningful change in your community can feel challenging. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps can help you get started on your journey through a new suite of Action Learning Guide...
Use the Rankings During National Public Health Week, April 2-8, 2012
The 2012 County Health Rankings are out—just in time for National Public Health Week!
Using the Rankings Data
Want to use the County Health Rankings data but don’t know where to start? This webinar is for you! The Using the Rankings Data webinar will help you get the most out of the Rankings and the wealth of data underlying them. We will look at key areas to explore and discuss other information that can help you further understand the health in your...
Vicksburg’s Continued Journey and the Power of Listening
Vicksburg, Mississippi is one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize winning communities. We spoke to Michele Connelly, United Way of West Central Mississippi’s...
Video: Community Health Partnerships - “We Need Everyone at the Table”
Community partnerships are vital for an effective public health system, according to Judith Monroe, M.D., the newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support.
Video: Introducing the 2010 County Health Rankings
How healthy is your county? What do the Rankings mean? How can you use the Rankings to improve health in your community? Join County Health Rankings researchers and RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey for a video spotlight answering these questions and telling the story of how one county used the Rankings to inspire action and change the health status quo.
Video: Taking Action in Clare County, Michigan
Intended as a "call to action" for state and local health departments, the County Health Rankings have already galvanized communities to take positive action in spots all over the country. When Clare County, Michigan, ranked last in its state, Central Michigan District Health Officer Mary Kushion immediately convened a summit to engage leaders, officials, and community-members in a discussion of the rankings.
Videos: The Stories of San Bernardino, CA and Hernando, MS
San Bernardino County, CA
County Health Department takes lead to improve area’s poor health ranking
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...