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Wexford, Michigan

Wharton, Texas

What are the Implications for Women’s Health?

Women are far more likely to live in poverty than men – and, as the Rankings have shown us, poverty leads to poorer health outcomes.

Yesterday, Women’s Policy, Inc. hosted a lunch briefing on the County Health Rankings to discuss their implications for women’s health. Women’s Policy, Inc. is a...

What Counts

What Counts (from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute) outlines opportunities and challenges for the strategic use of data to reduce poverty, improve health, expand access to quality education, and build stronger communities. It can be found in the Community Development...

What Do You Want? Choosing a Local Policy Goal

This tool (from M+R) provides a set of criteria to help groups select a policy or systems change goal for their community. You can use this tool to facilitate meaningful discussion and decision-making that is grounded in a specific set of criteria. 

What Does it Take to Build a Culture of Health?

Recently Julie Willems Van Dijk, co-director of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, moderated a Google+ Hangout exploring how local communities are building a Culture of Health. Joining her were representatives from three RWJF Culture of Health Prize communities:...

What Drives Health

This tool (from RWJF) discusses how social factors like education, income, work, and housing can affect health directly and indirectly. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under ...

What is Policy?

This 2-page introductory fact sheet from Change Lab Solutions can help you introduce partners to the concept of policy change. 

What Makes a Community Healthy or Unhealthy?

This video (from RWJF) provides a look at the many factors that contribute to creating a culture of health in every community.

What, So What, Now What Reflection Worksheet

This reflection tool (from CHR&R) helps teams understand the implications of what they're learning and decide what action to take next. 

Find it in Evaluate Actions under Evaluate Your Partnership and Make Changes.