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Comprehensive school reform
Implement a coordinated effort to overhaul school operation, integrating curriculum, instruction, professional development, parent involvement, classroom and school management; also called school-wide or whole school reform
Condom availability programs
Provide condoms free of charge or at a reduced cost in community and school-based settings
Congratulations to First RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize Winners
We’re proud to announce the first RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize winners!
The winning communities are Santa Cruz County, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Fall River, Massachusetts;...
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
Support the federal-state partnership that pays participating landowners an annual rental rate for removing environmentally sensitive land from production and introducing conservation practices on the land.
Conservation tillage practices
Encourage methods of soil cultivation that keep at least one-third of cultivated soil covered with the previous year’s crop residue (e.g., mulch till, ridge till, strip till, or no-till)
Consumer participation in health care governance
Involve consumers in health care governance via roles on governing boards, advisory committees, or shorter-term special projects
Consumer-directed health plans
Establish high deductible health plans paired with pre-tax medical expense accounts such as Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) or Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and information tools
County Health Calculator Explores Impact of Education, Income on Health
The 2012 County Health Rankings explain “what we know” about county health, and with the addition of Roadmaps, “what we can do” to improve it. Alongside the 2012 CHR&R launch on April 3, a new County Health Calculator app explores “what could happen” to a community’s health if it took action to improve education and income.
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps at APHA
Join us from October 27-31 at the American Public Health Association Conference in San Francisco, CA for their 140th Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Stop by our booth (#2730 in the Moscone Center) to meet our staff, learn more about the Rankings & Roadmaps, and share your local health improvement story. You can also learn more about the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps by attending any of the following presentations:
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps at "Health Datapalooza" 2012
Bridget Booske Catlin, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps director, and Patrick Remington, County Health Rankings co-director, demonstrated the Rankings' interactive website Tuesday morning during a panel showcasing community health data apps at the sold-out 2012 Health Data Initiative Forum.