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Acadia, Louisiana
- Health data: County snapshot
Access to Care
Access to affordable, quality health care is important to physical, social, and mental health. Health insurance helps individuals and families access needed primary care, specialists, and emergency care, but does not ensure access on its own—it is also necessary for providers to offer affordable care, be available to treat patients, and be in relatively close proximity to patients.Access to Care Measurement Strategies
According to the CDC, access to care includes four characteristics: Coverage – Not having health insurance makes it difficult for people to get the...
Access to Exercise Opportunities
Percentage of population with adequate access to locations for physical activity.Accomack, Virginia
- Health data: County snapshot
Accreditation Preparation & Quality Improvement
This tool (from NACCHO) provides tools and links to resources to enhance quality improvement and prepare local health departments for public health accreditation. It can be found in the Public Health Professional and Advocate guide under...
Action Communities for Health, Innovation, & Environmental Change
ACHIEVE fosters collaborative partnerships between city and county health officials, city and county government, tribal programs, parks and recreation departments, local YMCAs, local health-related coalitions, and other representatives from the school, business, health, and community sectors to implement improvements.
Action Strategies Toolkit
This tool (from Leadership for Healthy Communities) is a guide for local and state leaders working to implement policies to create healthy communities and prevent childhood obesity. It can be found in the Government guide under...
Actionable Strategies for Communities to Build Health: The RWJF Prize Reports
We sat down with RWJF Culture of Health Prize Director Carrie Carroll and Translational Researcher Olivia Little to learn more about how the suite of RWJF Culture of Health Prize reports can be helpful to communities.