COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS & ROADMAPS:
FROM DATA TO ACTION
May 16, 2017
Aliana Havrilla
Community Coach
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is a partnership of
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University
of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
TODAY’S ROADMAP
‣ Quick Overview: County
Health Rankings &
Roadmaps
‣ Exploring What Works for
Health
‣ Strategy Selection and
Tools for Action
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COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS LOGIC MODEL
Media attention
Population based
data collected
County Health
Rankings
Community
leaders use
Rankings release
Broad community
engagement
Evidenceinformed
strategies
implemented
Improved health
outcomes
Increased health
equity
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A COMMUNITY IS IN “CHOOSE” WHEN:
‣ They have selected priorities
but not strategies.
‣ They have been implementing
strategies to address an issue
but want to do more (maybe
move to policy work).
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HELPING COMMUNITIES MAKE DECISIONS
1. We could do what most other communities are doing, but
maybe not consider how well it works.
2. We could invent something from scratch, building on
what we learned from our stakeholders in assessment
and planning.
3. We could look for policies and programs that are in use
elsewhere that seem to be successful in ways that might
work for us.
Adapted from the Community Tool Box University of Kansas
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EVIDENCE MATTERS
‣Smart investments
‣Inform decisions
‣Inform innovation
Photo credit: Sky Noir, Flickr Creative Commons
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WHAT WORKS FOR HEALTH: SCOPE
www.countyhealthrankings.org/what-works-for-health
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A MENU OF IDEAS
‣ Evidence rating
‣ Literature summary
–
Who
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What
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Cost
‣ Disparity rating
‣ Implementation examples & tools
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EXAMPLE: SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS
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EVIDENCE RATINGS
‣Seek out, assess, and summarize
best available research
– What has been shown to
– What might work
– What does not work
work
Evidence Ratings
‣ Scientifically
Supported
‣ Some Evidence
‣ Expert Opinion
‣ Insufficient
Evidence
‣ Mixed
Evidence
‣ Evidence of
Ineffectiveness
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FINDING STRATEGIES IN WWFH
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www.countyhealthrankings.org/rural
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COMMUNITIES USE WWFH IN MANY WAYS
‣ Learn about policies and programs
‣ Inventory current approaches
‣ Formulate an action strategy
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STRATEGY SELECTION: EVIDENCE PLUS
‣ Evidence “fit”
– Strength
– Priority
of evidence
outcome
‣ Community “fit”
– Capacity
– Resources
– Readiness
– Values
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3 QUESTIONS FOR ADVOCACY
‣ What do you want?
‣ Why do you want it?
‣ Who has the power to
give it to you?
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
‣ Evidence is an important part of decision making, but not the
only part
‣ Think strategically about when you are ready to find
evidence-informed strategies and how you will use them
‣ WWFH provides information about what works, what
doesn’t work & what might work
‣ The Roadmaps to Health Action Center provides more
guidance around choosing strategies and moving to action
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QUESTIONS
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THANK YOU!
Aliana Havrilla, Community Coach
[email protected]
www.countyhealthrankings.org
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Madison, WI
[email protected]
(608) 265-8240
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