2014 Kentucky County Health Rankings（2014年肯塔基州县卫生排名）.pdf

2014 Rankings Kentucky INSIDE FRONT COVER – INTENTIONALLY BLANK County Health Rankings 2014: Kentucky INTRODUCTION The County Health Rankings Roadmaps program helps communities identify and implement solutions that make it easier for people to be healthy in their schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. Ranking the health of nearly every county in the nation, the County Health Rankings illustrate what we know when it comes to what is making people sick or healthy. The Roadmaps show what we can do to create healthier places to live, learn, work, and play. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) collaborates with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) to bring this program to cities, counties, and states across the nation. WHAT ARE THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS? The County Health Rankings measure the health of nearly every county in the nation. Published online at , the Rankings help counties understand what influences how healthy residents are and how long they will live. The Rankings look HOW ARE PEOPLE USING THE RANKINGS? at a variety of measures that affect health, such as high school graduation rates, access to healthy foods, rates of Highlighting community success smoking, obesity, and teen births. Based on data available for each county, the Rankings are unique in their ability to Identifying root causes of poor health measure the overall health of each county in all 50 states. They have been Supporting policy change used to garner support for local health improvement initiatives among government agencies, healthcare Engaging communities in health improvement providers, community organizations, business leaders, policy makers, and the public. For more information, visit