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What's New for the 2023 Rankings
Sharing what is new for the 2023 County Health Rankings release.
What’s the State of Obesity where you live?
We know the harmful effects obesity has on our health – that’s why the County Health Rankings has been tracking it through our Adult Obesity measure, allowing counties to evaluate obesity rates over time. Now a new report shows that adult obesity rates are still high overall,...
Where You Live Matters to Your Health
Angela Russell, Community Engagement Lead for the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps recently spoke in Sacramento, Calif., about using federal and state health care data to make policy changes at the local level.
Why the Census Matters to Health Equity
Every decade the U.S. Census provides an opportunity for residents in every community to be counted. The census is one of the most important datasets in the United States. In fact, much of the data reported in the County Health Rankings snapshots are census-related data. While we often associate the census with congressional representation, census data matter significantly to health equity.
Why Wealth Matters to Your Health
In this webinar, our panel of experts will discuss how this gap began, why it persists, and why traditional pathways to wealth have not closed the racial wealth gap.
Winners of Health 2.0 Developer Challenge Announced
And the Winners Are...
At the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco on October 10, 2010, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio announced the winners of three competitions it helped sponsor as part of the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge. Those winners include:
Working Toward Food Security Through Community Engagement
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are being forced to make choices between food and transportation, utilities, and medical care—leaving even more at risk of ongoing food insecurity.
Working with Community Organizers to Build Power to Improve Health
What is community organizing and what does it have to do with public health?
Your Metro stop could determine how well and how long you live
A few Metro stops apart in the Washington D.C. region could mean a striking difference in how well and how long people live. The final installment of the life expectancy map series by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) show us that where people live along the Blue and Orange DC Metro lines could mean...