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Our focus areas

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Uncovering what works

The County Health Rankings and MATCH initiative help communities pinpoint what is making their residents sick or unhealthy and identify strategies to help people be healthier. We conduct legal research to separate the effective laws and policies from ineffective or harmful ones. And we invest in researching best practices in organizing, staffing, financing and managing public health departments to help them make best use of scarce resources.

Advancing smarter laws and policies

We support advocacy for policies that improve health like smoke-free air laws. We connect communities to the legal support and expertise they need to make informed decisions. And we help policy-makers assess the health pros and cons of policies in a wide range of sectors, beyond health and health care.

Strengthening public health departments

We’re also focused on helping public health departments continually improve their performance through accreditation and other efforts so they can help the people they serve be healthier.


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