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Mass media campaigns against tobacco use
Use broad media-based efforts to educate large groups of current and potential tobacco users about the dangers of tobacco use
Mass media campaigns against underage drinking
Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences
Mass media campaigns for physical activity
Provide messages that support physical activity to large and broad audiences using television, social media, radio, billboards, newspapers, and other print media
Massachusetts’ Rise to the Top: How This Year’s Healthiest State is Building a Culture of Health at the Community Level
In the recently released America’s Health Rankings, Massachusetts was the healthiest state in the country, moving from second in 2016 to first in 2017. For almost 30 years, the America’s Health Rankings Annual Report has served as the longest running annual assessment of the nation’s health on a...
Matched dollar incentives for saving tax refunds
Support programs that provide matched dollar incentives for low or moderate income individuals to place some or all of their tax refund in a savings account
Mayors Johnson and Reardon in Roll Call: "Health Investment for Cities, Nation is Smart"
In Roll Call today, Mayors Johnson (Hernando, Mississippi) and Reardon (Wyandotte, Kansas) called for more investment in local public health and prevention throughout the country. They both used the County Health Rankings to find where their local health investments will see the highest rate of return.
Measuring Community Health: Essays Exploring Selection and Use of Metrics in Efforts to Improve Health Featured in CDC Journal
The July 2010 edition of Preventing Chronic Disease features a set of essays and commentaries on selecting the best tools, or metrics, for measuring and monitoring the health of communities. The essays and commentaries were commissioned by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of their Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) initiative. A key component of MATCH is the County Health Rankings, the first set of reports to rank the overall health of nearly every county in all 50 states.
Measuring the burden of child care costs
On average a family spends 25% of household income on child care. This high cost ultimately impacts the health of these families and their communities. Learn more about the Child Care Cost Burden measure and strategies to increase access to affordable child care.
Medical homes
Provide continuous, comprehensive, whole person primary care that uses a coordinated team of medical providers across the health care system
Medical marijuana legalization
Allow eligible patients to use marijuana for medical purposes; often called medical marijuana laws (MMLs)