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Social service integration
Coordinate access to services across delivery systems and disciplinary boundaries (e.g., housing, disability, physical health, mental health, child welfare, workforce services, etc.)
Soda taxes
Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax
Sports-related concussion education
Educate youth and college athletes, coaches, and parents about the severity of concussions in sports, proper prevention, detection, reporting, and treatment
Start 2013 Off Right: Renew Your Commitment to Improving Community Health
Start the year off right by using the County Health Rankings to help set your community’s goals to improve health in 2013. On January 17, we’ll host the popular County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 101 webinar to introduce you to the program. You’ll learn:
State-level minimum nurse staffing requirements for nursing homes
Establish state level regulations that require nursing homes to employ at least a set number of licensed and non-licensed nursing staff, often set in terms of staff hours per resident day
Statewide comprehensive tobacco programs
Coordinate state and community-level cessation and prevention interventions and provide information on the dangers of tobacco using a combination of educational, regulatory, clinical, social, and economic strategies
Striving for Equal Pay: Coalition Building in Kansas City
Kansas City residents have long strived to eliminate gender discrimination and improve women’s rights as a way to build a healthier future for everyone. Local leader and social worker Alice Kitchen has been fueling this focus for decades. Kitchen advocates for a world where everyone enjoys economic security and women receive fair pay.
Strong graduated driver licensing laws
Strengthen laws that allow young drivers to gain driving experience in stages; often includes passenger and nighttime driving limitations and higher minimum ages for learner’s permits, intermediate, and full licenses
Study: Investments in non-health sectors have positive impacts on length, quality of life
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) have contributed to a growing understanding that the chance for everyone to live long and well means far more than having access to a doctor. It’s also about opportunities for education and jobs, safe and affordable housing, availability of nutritious food and places for physical activity...
Sugar sweetened beverage taxes: What does the latest evidence say?
Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Taxes are intended to lower consumption of these drinks and, therefore, improve weight status and reduce obesity rates. But what does the latest research show about their effectiveness? There is some evidence that sugar sweetened beverage taxes decrease consumption of soda and other sweetened beverages, although current tax levels are generally too low to...