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Exciting tools and resources to support communities
At County Health Rankings & Roadmaps we're reflecting on the progress made in 2024 to advance health and equity. Here are some of the exciting resources and tools CHR&R created in 2024 to support communities.
Exercise prescriptions
Provide patients with prescriptions for exercise plans, often accompanied by progress checks at office visits, counseling, activity logs, and exercise testing
Expedited partner therapy for treatable STIs
Provide prescriptions or medications to patients diagnosed with treatable STIs to give to their partners without provider visits; also called patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT)
Experts Discuss Building Healthier, More Equitable Communities
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is dedicated to building a Culture of Health—a vision of the nation in which everyone has the opportunity to lead a healthy life, regardless of where they live. To transform communities so that better health is available for everyone, the engagement and commitment of all sectors is necessary.
Recently, RWJF hosted a Google+ Hangout to...
Explore a new national map of health
You can now view a national map of county Health Groups and see patterns of Community Conditions on Population Health and Well-being across the country.
Explore new curated set of strategies to improve rural health
We recently published a new Rural Health Curated Strategy List.
Extracurricular activities for physical activity
Provide chances for kids and adolescents to be active and play sports at various skill levels via structured or unstructured after and before school athletic activities
Extracurricular activities for social engagement
Support organized social, art, or physical activities for school-aged youth outside of the school time
Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws
Restrict firearm access for individuals who are at risk of harming themselves or others by petitioning a civil court for an extreme risk protection order
Faith community nursing
Position registered nurses within a parish or similar faith community, or in a health care system to serve as a liaison to congregations; also called parish nursing or congregational nursing