Tools & Resources
What Works for Health Shortcut
Looking for a shortcut to effectively use What Works for Health, our tool to help you find evidence-informed policies, programs, systems, and environmental changes that can make a difference locally? We've added a new resource to help you do just that.
Choose Shortcut
This document provides a two-page summary of steps in the Action Center's Choose Effective Policies & Programs guide.
2021 County Health Rankings Research Grant Call for Proposals
This is the application and background material for the 2021 County Health Rankings Research Grants Call for Proposals.
101 Presentation
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 101 presentation with speaker notes provides an overview of why we rank, what we rank, and how to use the County Health Roadmaps tools and resources to take action in your community.
Executive Summary: Ten-Year Reflections on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
As County Health Rankings & Roadmaps moved through the first 10 years, it adjusted and course-corrected to better engage the organizations, people and communities across the nation that interact with and utilize the tools and resources made available in the name of broadening the definition of health.
Ten-Year Reflections on the County Health Rankings
As County Health Rankings & Roadmaps moved through the first 10 years, it adjusted and course-corrected to better engage the organizations, people and communities across the nation that interact with and utilize the tools and resources made available in the name of broadening the definition of health.
Racial Equity Impact Assessment
A Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) examines how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by a proposed action or decision. REIAs are used to minimize unanticipated adverse consequences in a variety of contexts, including the analysis of proposed policies, institutional practices, programs, plans and budgetary decisions.
County Health Rankings Model
This model of population health emphasizes the many factors that, if improved, can help make communities healthier places to live, learn, work and play.
County Health Rankings Press Release, March 16, 2016
County Health Rankings show stark differences in premature death rates between rural and urban counties. It can be found in For the Media.
2016 Data Comparability Across States
This document provides guidance for comparing measures across states. It can be found in Using the Rankings Data, under Exploring the Data.