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Retail clinics
Establish clinics in retail stores that provide basic services for minor illnesses (e.g., sore throats or skin conditions) and procedures (e.g., immunizations, pregnancy testing, routine lab tests); also known as retail pharmacy, walk-in, or convenient care clinics
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Uses the Rankings to Recruit Volunteer Mentors
Around the country, groups are using the Rankings in creative ways to improve local health. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, cited the county’s poor rankings in social support for children to inspire residents to volunteer as mentors to at-risk students. This local RSVP initiative launched a 60 in 60 Initiative in an effort to recruit 60 new mentors in 60 days (or by December 8).
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Content experts that have provided feedback on specific strategies and ratings in What Works for Health include: Scott Adams, PhD Associate Professor and Director...
Reynolds, Missouri
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Rhea, Tennessee
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Rhode Island food hub helps rural farmers, residents, and economy
One Rhode Island not-for-profit is tenaciously addressing community needs with a robust food hub. Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s work to strengthen the local food system’s infrastructure helps rural farmers and residents, and its programs are building up the local economy, too. Farm Fresh Rhode Island provides more than 80 local producers with...
Rice, Kansas
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Rice, Minnesota
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Rich, Utah
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Richardson, Nebraska
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