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A girl running outside near a chalk drawing of the continental United States.

Accelerating national and local momentum to address the many factors that influence health.

From Data to Action

  

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps provides data, evidence, guidance, and examples to build awareness of the many factors that influence health and support leaders in growing community power to improve health equity.

The annual Rankings measure the health of nearly every county in all 50 states on a range of health-influencing measures that offer important context about the community conditions that fuel good health. The Rankings provide the data, and tools like What Works for Health provide evidence-informed strategies that communities can use to move to action.

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Building Power for Health and Equity

People working together have the power to create a society where everyone has what they need to thrive. The new University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Model of Health expands on two decades of work by naming how power is applied and reinforced through society’s rules to shape our communities and our health. 

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