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April 3, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The 2011 County Health Rankings classified Desoto County as the healthiest county in Mississippi for health outcomes and the fifth-healthiest county for health factors, with lower unemployment rates, higher education rates and greater access to heal ...
April 3, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In our state, Wisconsin, the least healthy county is Menominee County, which is also an Indian Reservation. They have taken the County Health Rankings model and asked all units of government to measure and develop plans for how they can address all ...
April 3, 2012 | News Release/Video
2012 County Health Rankings show what influences how healthy residents are, how long they live.
April 2, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The County Health Roadmaps project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Public Health Institute, includes efforts to build connections within and between local communities and national partners, incl ...
March 30, 2012 | New Public Health Post
To mark the launch of the 2012 County Health Rankings, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Patrick Remington, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Public Health at the University of Wisconsin School of Me ...
March 29, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The 2012 County Health Rankings will be released on April 3, 2012. For the third year in a row, counties will receive a snapshot of how healthy their residents are by comparing their overall health and the factors that influence their health with ot ...
March 27, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The first national meeting on Health Impact Assessment begins April 3 in Washington, D.C., and interest is so high that registration has been at capacity for weeks. The meeting capitalizes on the growing interest in health impact assessments (HIAs) ...
March 14, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In Detroit, Michigan, the Joy-Southfield Community Development Corporation has developed a targeted approach to promoting health equity, based on the four factors measured by the County Health Rankings: health behaviors, clinical care, social and ec ...
March 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The third release of County Health Rankings data will occur April 3. This collection of 50 reports—one per state—helps community leaders see that where we live, learn, work and play influences how healthy we are and how long we live. The Robert Wood ...
March 6, 2012 | New Public Health Post
As the weather gets warmer, parks departments across the country are beginning to ready pools, pavements and pathways for their community residents, many of them simply adding another set of offerings to the fall classes and leagues. The Denver Park ...