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Oxiris Barbot on Healthy Baltimore 2015
For decades Baltimore has been plagued with high rates of serious illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and HIV/AIDS, and struggled with social problems including unemployment, poverty and violence that often lead to poor health. As a result, Baltimoreans are living too sick and dying too young.
Partner Up! For Public Health "Power Ratings"
Using the County Health Rankings and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs county economic rankings, Georgia’s “Partner Up! For Public Health” advocacy campaign has developed a research project and presentation that visually illustrates how Georgia’s economic vitality and population health go hand in hand.
Partnering with Community
For decades, Allen County, Kansas saw the population and economic fabric of their county decline. But despite the shift, the 13,000 residents of this rural county in the southeastern region of the state, have been experiencing a watershed moment. Community members and leaders have banded together to foster a sense of belonging and create a shared vision—everything from improving the collective...
Partnering with Education: Next Generation Thinking
As a new school year draws near, the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program will be hosting a webinar focusing on how partnerships can be used in education improvement efforts on August 20, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. EST The webinar will feature Roadmaps to Health grantee Mason Matters who will discuss their efforts to improve academic achievement and create a culture...
Partnering with faith-based organizations to improve health and equity
Join us to explore the values that many faith communities and public health groups share and the benefits of partnerships between the two.
Place Matters
What have communities learned about how place matters and creating conditions in communities for residents to thrive?
Policies & Programs to Help Build a Culture of Health
Building Culture of Health involves comprehensive strategies to address the many things that contribute to health, opportunity, and equity in communities. In Vicksburg, MS and Buncombe County, NC -- two communities that have been recognized with a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize -- leaders and residents have implemented a broad range of policies and programs to...
Positioning public health to respond to gun violence
Learn about strategies from Cure Violence Global (CVG), which has developed a community-based model to reduce violence and gun-related incidents.