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Public reporting of health care-associated infections
Make health care facilities’ health care-associated or hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rates readily available to patients and providers
Public transportation systems
Introduce or expand transportation options that are available to the public and run on a scheduled timetable (e.g., buses, trains, ferries, rapid transit, etc.)
Publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs
Provide publicly funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) education to 3- and 4-year-olds, through large-scale or universal efforts
Public-Private Partnerships: A Commitment to Improve Health
Public-private partnerships play a critical role in mobilizing community health through building, enhancing, and sustaining county policies and programs. During a panel discussion at the National Association of Counties (NACo) Roadmaps to Health Forum held in Madison, Wisconsin, participants were able to examine that role with panelists...
Radon mitigation programs
Prevent radon from entering occupied buildings and reduce existing indoor air radon levels via soil depressurization, home or room pressurization, heat recovery ventilation, etc.
Rain barrels
Use ready-made or home constructed barrel systems to collect and store rainwater from rooftops that would otherwise flow to storm drains and streams
Rain gardens & other bioretention systems
Establish bioretention systems (e.g., rain gardens, bioretention cells, green roofs, planter boxes, bioswales, etc.) to make city landscapes more permeable to help control stormwater
Raise the Age
Increase the minimum and/or maximum age boundaries for youth to be processed in the juvenile justice system
Rankings in Action Webinar: Fit City Challenge in Smith County, Texas
A partnership between the Northeast Texas Public Health District and a local newspaper has grown into a community-wide movement to tackle one of the nation’s greatest health challenges—obesity.
The Tyler Morning Telegraph plays a key role in promoting the Fit City Challenge, a local initiative to foster healthy, active living in Tyler and the rest of East Texas.
Rankings Launch Day 2013: Join a Teleconference and Twitter Q&A
Are you excited for this week’s 2013 County Health Rankings release? So are we! Join us for a teleconference and Twitter Q&A on Wednesday, March 20 to celebrate our fourth annual County Health Rankings.
TELECONFERENCE
Among the topics to be discussed: How counties measure up within...