Tools & Resources
Interpreting Trend Graphs
This tool (from CHR&R) provides additional guidance for interpreting trend graphs included in your County Health Snapshot.
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Logo
This is the official logo for the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program.
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.
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.
CHR 2010-2016 Data Changes Summary
This document summarizes the changes in ranked measures for all releases from 2010 to 2016. It can be found in Ranking Methods, under Data Sources and Measures.