COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS & ROADMAPS 101 Presenter name Title

2 Why Rankings? Rankings: Model and Measures Roadmaps: Moving Forward with Action OUTLINE

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4 ‣ Simplify complex data ‣ Media coverage ‣ Add context ‣ Call to action ‣ Starting point WHY RANK?

5 ‣ Call to action ‣ Simplify complex data ‣ Media coverage ‣ Add context ‣ Starting point WHY RANK?

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7 Why Rankings? Rankings: Model and Measures Roadmaps: Moving Forward with Action OUTLINE

8 Today’s Health Health Outcomes Tomorrow’s Health Health Factors COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS: 2 RANKINGS

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10 ‣ Actionable measures ‣ Valid, reliable, recognizable ‣ County-level ‣ Free or low cost ‣ Up-to-date as possible ‣ Fewer measures better than more HOW MEASURES ARE SELECTED

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15 Health Outcome Ranks Health Factors Ranks Measures Two Ranks

16 Top U.S. Performers Only 10% of counties nationally do better than the given number State overall Error Margin 95% confidence interval County Data

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18 Areas to Explore

19 ‣ Use ranks as tool ‣ Change and data take time ‣ Learn more about what you can do measure progress at measuring-progress measuring-progress MEASURING PROGRESS

20 Why Rankings? Rankings: Model and Measures Roadmaps: Moving Forward with Action OUTLINE

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22 ‣I‣I t takes everyone ‣M‣M oving to the left side of the wheel ‣E‣E vidence-informed action ‣F‣F ocus across the health factors—including social and economic factors ‣P‣P olicy, systems, and environmental change FOUNDATION OF ROADMAPS

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25 NATIONAL PARTNERS

26 AWARENESS THROUGH MEDIA

27 RWJF CULTURE OF HEALTH PRIZE ‣ Annual prize ‣ Honoring outstanding community efforts and partnerships ‣ Winning communities receive a $25,000 cash prize ‣ 2014 winners to be announced Summer of

28 RWJF CULTURE OF HEALTH PRIZE WINNER “People who have maybe never sat at the same table together have to come together.”

29 RWJF CULTURE OF HEALTH PRIZE WINNER “None of us can do it alone, we have to work together.”

30 RWJF CULTURE OF HEALTH PRIZE WINNER “We’re all in this together. We will all rise together.”

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32 POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WORK Photo credit: PedNet Coalition

33 WHAT WORKS FOR HEALTH Find effective programs and policies at works-for-health works-for-health

34 Photo credit: Sky Noir, Flickr Creative Commons ‣ Smart investments ‣ Inform decisions ‣ Inform innovation EVIDENCE MATTERS

35 Photo Credit: Sky Noir ‣ Smart investments ‣ Inform decisions ‣ Inform innovation EVIDENCE MATTERS

36 EVIDENCE RATINGS ‣ Scientifically supported ‣ Some evidence ‣ Expert opinion ‣ Insufficient evidence ‣ Mixed evidence ‣ Evidence of ineffectiveness

37 ‣ Evidence of effectiveness ‣ Community “fit” ‣ Readiness ‣ Priorities ‣ Capacity ‣ Resources CHOOSING STRATEGIES

38 STAYING CONNECTED ‣ ‣ Like Facebook.com/ CountyHealthRankings ‣ e-Newsletter, to subscribe

39 SUMMARY ‣ Where we live matters to our health. ‣ There are great disparities in health based on where we live. ‣ Health is more than health care. Many factors contribute to health. ‣ We’re all in this together. It takes all of us working together to improve the health of a community. ‣ You can find data and practical help at

40 University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Madison, WI (608) THANK YOU!