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How Healthy is Your County? 2013 Rankings Released March 20

Are you ready? The 2013 County Health Rankings will be released on March 20, 2013. Now for the fourth year in a row, counties can see a snapshot of how healthy their residents are by comparing their overall health and the factors that influence their health with other counties in their state. This allows communities to see county-by-county where they are doing well...

How Lasting Change Happens: From Food Pantries to Policies

Creating enduring change has proven a challenge for countless communities nationwide. Children’s First Executive Director Allison Jordan from 2014 RWJF Culture of Health Prize community, Buncombe County, NC, joined County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program staff to share how an emphasis on advocacy brought desired change to her community.

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How Washington County Residents Stay Healthy

Washington County is one of the healthiest places to live in the state of Wisconsin and County Health Director Linda Walter wants to keep it that way.

In 2008, the county ranked as one of the top 10 healthiest counties in a check-up done by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute (UWPHI). In a similar report released on February 17, 2010, the county was cited again as one of the healthiest of 72 counties in the state.

Identifying Community Solutions in Clare and Sonoma Counties

How counties determine priority areas and develop strategies to improve health was the topic of a panel discussion at the 2013 NACO Roadmaps to Health Forum. Peter Rumble, Deputy County Administrator of Sonoma County, California, and Mary Kushion, Former Health Officer for the Central Michigan District Health Department in Clare County, Michigan, offered insights on how stakeholders were...

Identifying health patterns through maps

Where we live matters to our health, and we can use maps to identify geographic patterns in how long and how well we live.

Improving health through community organizing

Strategies combining community organizing and public health can work to improve health for everyone.

Improving the physical environment to improve community health

Our physical environment shapes how long and how well we live. Our What Works for Health database includes over 60 strategies related to the physical environment.

In It For The Long-Haul: How Coalition Building in Louisville is Supporting Families Impacted by Mass Incarceration

Situated on the banks of the Ohio River on Kentucky’s northwest border, Louisville is most frequently known as home to whiskey distilleries, the Kentucky Derby, and the famous Louisville Slugger baseball bats. However, more recently, it is also home to a community grappling with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Louisville resident and EMT, and public calls for police accountability.