Tools & Resources
Tips for Maintaining Community Interest and Involvement
This tool (from Bank of Ideas) is a page of suggestions for keeping members and active participants involved and the community informed and supportive. Use it as a checklist for how to keep momentum going. It can be found in Work Together under ...
Agenda Example
This tool (from CHR&R) provides an example of an agenda designed with purpose and timeframes. It can be found in Work Together under Reinforce healthy partnership practices.
Community Health Partnerships: Tools and Information for Development & Support
This manual (from the National Business Coalition on Health) provides tools and information about establishing successful partnerships between public health and business leaders (p. 20). It can be found in Work Together under Recruit Diverse Stakeholders From Multiple Sectors.
Hernando, MS
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 healthy food compared to the rest of the state. Yet much more work needs to be done to improve the health of Desoto County, as one-third of its adults are obese and Mississippi, overall, has the highest obesity rates in the nation.
San Bernardino County, CA
The 2011 County Health Rankings ranked San Bernardino County—which spans more than 20,000 square miles and a population of more than 2 million—50th out of 56 California counties in health factors like physical environment, social and economic factors, health behaviors and clinical care.
But initial disappointment over its low ranking didn’t prevent the San Bernardino County Health Department from seeing the County Health Rankings as an opportunity to strengthen its current health improvement initiatives and persuade policymakers of the need for change.
Wyandotte County, KS
For Wyandotte County, KS, Mayor Joe Reardon, the County Health Rankings were a wake-up call. After seeing Wyandotte's low rank in the Rankings report, he worked with other local stakeholders to create a Healthy Communities initiative to focus not only on just health care but on the overall health of his community.
Clare County, MI
In Michigan, Health Director Mary Kushion seized Clare County’s poor performance in the County Health Rankings as an opportunity to host a public health summit and begin generating ideas for improving the health of the six counties served by the Central Michigan District Health Department.
2020 County Health Rankings National Statistics
This document provides descriptive statistics for the County Health Rankings 2020 ranked measures and additional measures, including national statistics. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under Data Sources and Measures.
2021 County Health Rankings National Statistics
This document provides descriptive data for the County Health Rankings 2021 ranked measures and additional measures, including national statistics. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under Data Sources and Measures.